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DIY paper pumpkins
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Paper Pumpkins

Make a 3D pumpkin with paper, step by step! Kids are going to love this fun craft idea for fall and Halloween.
Course Fall Crafts
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings 1 pumpkin
Cost $1

Equipment

  • Hole punch
  • Paper cutter or scissors and ruler
  • Pencil(s)

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut eight strips of paper that are 12" x 1.25" wide using a paper cutter and scissors or ruler.
    Cutting strips of construction paper with a paper cutter
  • Take four paper strips and put them on your work surface. Tape two of the pieces together end to end with a glue dot, overlapping an inch or so. Repeat this three more times and you will have four long paper strips.
    Adding a glue dot to the end of a strip of orange construction paper
  • Tape two of the long pieces together with a glue to make a plus (+) symbol. Repeat with the other two pieces.
    Creating two cross shapes with orange construction paper strips
  • Tape one of the plus symbols onto the other plus symbol with a glue dot, rotating it so there will be eight even strips to your pumpkin.
    Strips of orange construction paper forming a star shape
  • Punch a hole in approximately the same place at the end of every paper strip.
    Punching a hole in the end of a strip of orange construction paper
  • Use glue dots to bring all the paper strips to the center and attach, matching up the holes. The pumpkin base is complete.
    Attaching two strips of paper together with a glue dot and matching the holes
  • Fold a brown and green pipe cleaner in half, together. Twist the bottom of the combined pipe cleaners and bend to make a little hook.
    Twisting the folded part of the pipe cleaners together
  • Insert this end into the hole at the top of the pumpkin (created by matching up the hole punched holes).
    Pushing the twisted end of the pipe cleaners into the hole at the top of the pumpkin
  • Fold down the green pipe cleaners, away from the brown. Twist both around a pencil or pen to create a stem. Remove the pencil and pull the stem up a little bit to "poof" it..
    Removing the pencil from the pipe cleaners to create a stem
  • Wrap each green pipe cleaner end around the pencil to create leaves. Pull them out slowly and your paper pumpkin is complete.
    Twisting the green pipe cleaners around the pencil to make the leaves

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Notes

You'll use 1 sheet of construction paper for a smaller pumpkin, 2 for a larger pumpkin