Years ago, I made a wooden pumpkin craft at a church event. I have kept that pumpkin and displayed it every October-November since then.
Last night, as I lay un-sleeping in my bed, I realized that I could re-create that craft for my kids with hardly any cost. I couldn’t wait to try it out today!
Halloween/Fall Standing Paper Pumpkin Craft
Supplies needed:
- Paper (card stock or decorated seasonal paper from a craft store…..if you don’t have fancy Halloween paper, you can decorate plain paper with crayons, markers, or stickers)
- Scissors
- Glue
- Pencil for tracing
- Pumpkin template (upload it below)
Pumpkin templates to print at home
Download the pumpkin outline (one large pair and one small pair), print at home, and use as a template for making your pumpkins.
6 Easy Steps:
- Trace your pumpkin on a piece of paper (if you are using patterned paper, trace the pumpkin on the back side) – trace on with a stem and one without.
- Cut out your two pumpkins.
- Glue your cut pumpkins on the BACK side of another sheet of paper (blank side facing blank side).
- Cut out your pumpkins (they will now be two-sided).
- Place your two pumpkins together with the stem UP and the non-stem facing down. Cut a straight line in the middle of the pumpkins about half way up.
- Slide the pieces together so that your paper pumpkin can stand up.
Linked up with Blissfully Domestic’s Halloween DIY Round-up and VolunteerSpot’s Fall Class Party Ideas post.
If you’re looking for fresh classroom party ideas for the upcoming Halloween or Fall Party, please view and share the VolunteerSpot Classroom Party Guide with contributions from your favorite craft and party bloggers!
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Now this is something my kids would LOVE to do. Great for teachers too! Thank you for adding this to our Halloween linky! Liza http://www.thebluebirdpatch.com/2013/10/fangtastic-halloween-party-ideas.html
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Very cool and easy craft idea that even my 5 year old can do. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant! I have one of these wooden beauties too, but it never occurred to me to re-create it out of paper.