What's inside a pumpkin? Seeds? Ooey, gooey, stringy goop? In today's draw along folktale from Iran, The Pumpkin Child, a farmer's wife wishes for a daughter so hard that she rocks a freshly picked pumpkin back and forth like a baby… and then something VERY surprising happens. Now there's a round, orange, bumpy girl with a green top rolling bumpity-bump through the village, and not everyone is kind about it. But this pumpkin girl has a brave, adventurous heart and a secret she only shares with people who love her just as she is. So who will be the one to see what's truly inside?

What You'll Draw Today :

1. The pumpkin baby in her cradle, and Mama's face when she first sees her
2. The pumpkin girl having fun in the village, the meadows, or the hills (in one of her twirly dresses!)
3. The ring with the round stone that gets left behind
4. The pumpkin girl reaching out her hand as the whole town watches

Supplies You'll Need:

• 4 pieces of drawing paper
• Your favorite coloring materials (crayons, markers, colored pencils, anything that adds a little pizzazz!)

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• 🧥 Love this one? Listen next to Joha and the Sleeve, another folktale about not judging people by their appearance

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