Pumpkin Prayer Poem

Here is a creative way to pray through the pumpkin carving process. I believe that this prayer comes from CTA (Christian Tools of Affirmation), and they offer some great resources to complement this activity. Also, Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood created free bookmarks that correspond to this lesson.

I used this prayer with a preschool Sunday School class. Before class, I carved out the pumpkin, put all the seeds and gunk in a ziploc bag, and placed it back in the pumpkin. I also carved out all the pieces and then put them back in place.

During class, I called individual kids to the front to remove each piece of the pumpkin as we worked our way through the prayer.

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Dear Jesus,

As I carve my pumpkin, help me say this prayer:

Open my mind, so I can learn about you;
(Cut the top off the pumpkin.)

Take all my sin, and forgive the wrong that I do.
(Clean out the inside.)

Open my eyes, so your love I will see;
(Cut eyes shaped like hearts.)

I’m so sorry for times I’ve turned up my nose at what you’ve given to me.
(Cut a nose in the shape of the cross.)

Open my ears, so your Word I will hear;
(Cut ears shaped like the Bible.)

Open my mouth to tell others you’re near.
(Cut the mouth in the shape of a fish.)

Let your light shine in all I say and do! Amen.
(Place a candle inside, and light it.)

Check out Half-a-Hundred Acre Wood for free bookmarks that correspond to this lesson.

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