The Mischievous Pumpkins
With wooden shapes, easy-to-use paint sticks, and mirror effect paper, children will create Halloween pumpkins with a cheeky look. This is a quick creative activity to make a monstrously successful decoration!
Each child selects their pumpkin and then glues on a mirror sheet that will make the eyes and smile shine with a metallic glow. All that's left to do is add some eye stickers, a few playful bats, and set it on its base for a wow effect!
Why we love this activity?
- Easy and mess-free painting: The solid paint sticks allow for clean application, much to the delight of children (and parents!).
- Spectacular mirror effect: The colored and shiny paper provides depth and a magical touch that captivates the gaze.
- Quick and rewarding: In less than 30 minutes, children create a stunning decoration that they will be proud to display.
How to make this craft step-by-step:
Materials
To create a spooky pumpkin, you will need:
- a wooden pumpkin
- a wooden base with a slot
- colored cardstock with a mirror effect
- monster eye stickers
- bat stickers
- adhesive rhinestone strips
- solid gouache sticks
- a pencil
- a pair of scissors
- a glue stick
Step 1
Choose a pumpkin and then decorate it using an orange solid gouache stick.
Leave some areas undecorated so you can complete them with another color and add contrast.
Step 2
Finish decorating the pumpkin by coloring it with a yellow poster paint stick to add beautiful color effects.
Color the stem with the green poster paint stick.
Step 3
Place the pumpkin on a colorful heavy cardstock with a mirror effect, then trace the outline with a pencil.
Step 4
Cut with a margin of about 5 mm inside the outline and then glue the colored card behind the pumpkin.
Step 5
Stick 2 monster eyes and some small bats onto the pumpkin.
Step 6
Decorate the edge of the base with a strip of adhesive rhinestones.
Step 7
Place the pumpkin in the slot of the wooden base.
Materials Needed:
Wooden base with a slot 13 x 2 x 1 cm
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Customer review
This site, in addition to being inexpensive, is amazing, creation by theme, I love it and my daughter does too ??????
Ce site en plus de ne pas être cher, il est génial, création par thème, j'adore et ma fille, de même ??????
All the children loved doing the activity. Really easy to do.
Tous les enfants ont adorer faire l'activité. Vraiment facile à faire.