Creating crafts for the holidays is always fun. Giving kids creative opportunities to decorate and personalize anything they can get their hands on. Halloween and Fall is one our favorite times of the year to decorate. Black cats, bats, pumpkins, witches, ghosts and SO MUCH MORE can be used to highlight the season.
These paper pumpkins can stick around the house till Thanksgiving and they are easy to make using just 2 supplies, glue and paper. Embellishments can be added but definitely aren’t necessary.
Supplies
6-8 paper shapes cut from cardstock or heavy weight paper per pumpkin
school glue
Getting the right paper shapes took some time to figure out. Circles seem like the best option but when put together it didn’t work well. Â Trimming off a small clean edge will make them stand up straight or you can build a little base like I did out of scrap paper.
Shae traced bowls, fridge magnets and punched heart shapes on a variety of scrapbook paper and cardstock. Â I prefer heavy paper because too much glue will make lightweight paper curl and bend easily. And when there are kids there is always too much glue.
To start your pumpkin fold each shape in half. Using school glue attach the outside half of one shape to the outside half of another shape. Make sure they are lined up evenly.
Continue until all the pieces are glued together and you have an accordion looking piece. Now add your pumpkin stem to the middle with a touch of glue. This could be a piece of pipe cleaner, a strip of curled paper, a leaf shape or anything else that comes to mind.
Now it’s time to close up your 3D shape. With a little bending and twisting arrange your pumpkin so the paper is evenly spaced. Set aside to let dry until you find its final display spot.
