Making Pumpkin Seed Packets ~ Happy Harvest Gifts

"With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see."

~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox

If you grew or purchased pumpkins this year, then you probably have an abundance of seeds at your disposal. Would you like to prepare some sweet harvest gifts? If you have children, I am sure they would love to help!

"Laura knew that it was a very small harvest."

~ Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter

Even if your pumpkin yield is small, the seed supply will still be large. These autumn inspired presents are very fun and frugal to make.  They can be used as a hostess gift, table setting favor or are small enough to be placed lovingly in a letter to cheer a far away friend.

Simple Supplies:

• Our Pumpkin Seed Packet Printable (free here)
• Scissors
• Glue Stick
• Pumpkin Seeds

All you need to do is print out our printable, cut around the outline, fold in/glue the back together, insert "prepared" seeds and finally glue the top flap shut.

Included are two different printables...

One is for your dried heirloom seeds (which are seeds that can be replanted the next year). If using those, place five to ten of your seeds inside each packet. Remember, these plants spread so a few seeds go a long way. This packet is labeled "Pumpkin Seeds". Our printable provides the recipient with information on properly planting the seeds along with an inspirational verse. (You will find information here on drying your seeds.)



The other packet is labeled "Roasted Pumpkin Seeds" and is a larger printable to accommodate a decent amount of seeds for snacking. I would roll them up in parchment paper prior to inserting into the packet to ensure that any oil doesn't leak through. (This is a great way to use extra seeds or ones that aren't heirloom. You will find information here on roasting and seasoning your seeds.)

For extra decoration, punch two holes in the top and lace through some ribbon or twine.

Any way you choose to use them, they are a delightful token of your autumn harvest and love.

"Let us, therefore, not be weary of well-doing; for we shall reap an eternal harvest of comfort, if we faint not…"

~ George Whitefield

Clip art courtesy of Reading, Roses and Prose. Thank you to Content in a Cottage for the initial seed packet template. For a blank pumpkin seed packet printable (without the writing), visit Reading, Roses and Prose. This post may be shared with some or all of the following link-ups: The Art of Home-Making Mondays, Modest Mom Monday's, Monday's Musings, Make Your Home Sing Monday, Good Morning Mondays,  The Scoop, Titus 2 Tuesdays, Tuesdays with a Twist, Raising Homemakers, Wise Woman Link Up, Homestead Blog Hop,  Wow Us Wednesdays,  Coffee and Conversation, Homemaking Thursdays, Home Sweet Home, Our Simple Homestead, From the Farm Blog Hop, Front Porch Friday Blog Hop, Awesome Life Friday Link Up, Five Star Frou Frou Friday, Shabbilicious Friday, Simply Natural Saturdays and Clever Chicks Blog Hop. Thank you lovely ladies for hosting these.