Provide each child with large cotton squares and small pumpkins. Have the children decorate and embellish their squares using fabric paints, glitter, faux feathers, pompoms, rhinestones and buttons. Use the squares to drape over the pumpkins to keep them warm. Alternatively, you can sew each of the children's squares together to form one large quilt.
Discuss times when your students have felt scared, cold or lonely and what it was that helped them to feel better. It could have been a hug from a loved one, a favorite teddy bear, a blanket or anything else. Have children paint pictures of their favorite comfort item. Once dry, compile all of the pages into a book to include in your classroom's reading center.
Using white chalk, have children draw the outline of a pumpkin or jack-o'-lantern on a sheet of dark-colored construction paper. Then provide them with pumpkin seeds that have been thoroughly rinsed and dried. Glue the pumpkin seeds around the chalk outline and allow to dry completely.
Provide each student with a small terra-cotta flowerpot. Paint the pots orange with a sponge applicator. Allow to dry completely. Using a black fine-point marker, draw a jack-o'-lantern face. Fill in the facial features using yellow paint. Children can then fill their pots with Halloween candies, such as candy corn, or plant a small plant.
Take a field trip to a local pumpkin patch. Allow students to pick out a small pumpkin, encouraging them to locate one with a flat side. Once back at the classroom, carve the pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns. Because of fire safety regulations within most schools, you should use electric candles for lighting your jack-o'-lanterns.