To celebrate the beginning of October we've been reading a few pumpkin themed books * and tried our hand at making our own clay pumpkins. Michaels had a fabulous sale on Sculpey clay a couple weeks back so I stocked up on some orange, green, and black. I thought pumpkins would be a great beginning clay activity since all you essentially have to do is roll "balls" and "snakes". Our Supplies: green, orange, and black sculpey clay, small clay knife (optional), parchment paper (optional), cookie sheet, and an oven preheated to 275'. Step 1: I cut the orange clay in to small blocks and then the kids rolled it in to a pumpkin shape. This was hard work for their little hands but they enjoyed it. Step 2: I also cut the green clay in to small blocks and then the kids rolled it first in to a ball and then in to snakes/vines. Step 3: Break off a small piece of green for each pumpkin and press it on to the top. Step 4: If desired ...