DIY Craft: Paper Pumpkin Ornaments
categories: DIY, fun for kids, halloween
Designer Vicki Shields from the creative Three Wheels Turning blog sent over a fun Halloween craft project idea to share with you guys today, and I’m so glad that she did, because while visiting her blog I also discovered her ridiculously cute stationery shop!
So you get a double dose of eye candy from Vicki today… read on to check out step-by-step instructions for the cool paper pumpkin ornaments pictured above, then scroll down to the post preceding this one for a peek at some of the fabulous stationery from Three Wheels Design.
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PAPER PUMPKIN ORNAMENTS
Materials:
• 1-2 pieces of orange construction paper
• 1 piece of green construction paper
• 1 piece of brown construction paper
• scissors
• paper cutter (optional)
• paper clips and/or stapler
• string
Directions:
Cut the orange pieces of construction paper into 1″ wide strips (each strip will be 1″ x 11″). Then, shorten some of the strips so that you have (1) 6″, (2) 7″, (2) 9″, and (2) 11″ long pieces.
Gather the strips of paper together (with the ends flush) and place the smallest one in the middle. Order them by size so that the largest strip is on the outside. Secure with a paper clip or staple (I prefer the paper clip so that I can keep adding more elements). Line up the opposite ends so that they are together like the top.
Cut a brown strip of paper 1/4″ by 3″ long for the stem. To make it curl, wrap the paper around a pencil and hold it in place while you count to 20 (or sing the ABC song).
Cut out two leaf shapes from the green paper (ours were sort of like pairs of bunny ears).
Add the stem, leaves, and a piece of string to the paper clip at the top.
Hang up and enjoy!
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These are so cute, would alos be fun to make them for the Christams tree using different colors and maybe some tinsle! I’m all over it!
Sep 29, 2008 at 4:34 amSuper cute! I think I’ll do these with fun foam so I can keep them for next year, too!
Sep 29, 2008 at 8:49 amThank you so much for the compliments! What a great way to start my week. Thanks for the other fantastic ideas too– you guys have got me thinking!
Sep 29, 2008 at 9:06 amLove these!
Sep 29, 2008 at 11:25 amreally adorable.
Sep 29, 2008 at 12:34 pmi made things similar to these with the kids at the summer camp i worked at this past summer. what a great project!
Sep 29, 2008 at 6:27 pmthese are so cute…must try it!
Sep 29, 2008 at 8:02 pmthese are great! I’ll be linking to this
Sep 30, 2008 at 7:42 am
just LOVE this project! A great one to do with the kids.
Sep 30, 2008 at 8:19 amHello Jennifer , Ha! I think im going to try and see if i could make some of these for my home as decor…cute!
Hope you’re doing well!! : ))Jen Ramos
Oct 1, 2008 at 3:45 pm
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madebygirl.blogspot.comThese are adorable! I think I will make some of these for Thanksgiving! Love them!
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Oct 4, 2008 at 5:33 pmReally nice, thanks for the share!
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Oct 10, 2008 at 4:01 pmi love this
Oct 12, 2008 at 4:46 pmVery nice.
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Oct 15, 2008 at 12:29 pmThose looks too cute!
Oct 18, 2008 at 3:38 pmThese are sooooooooo cute! I made four last night and hung them on my front door. Last year my decoratons were really scary. Since then iI have had a baby and wanted to decorate in a much less scary manner. These are perfect!!!
Thanks so much.
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Nov 13, 2008 at 1:56 amThose are looking so cute.. I like to feel them..
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Oct 3, 2009 at 10:52 pmthese are juts LOVELY – thank you
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Oct 6, 2009 at 7:41 amMe and my Children just made thes very fun and fast too.
Oct 7, 2009 at 3:14 pmSo cute!
Oct 11, 2009 at 7:57 pmClever and simple. Love it.
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Will definitely be returning!
Oct 12, 2009 at 5:25 pmI did these with my third graders today to decorate our classroom and they LOVED them! They turned out so cute and our classroom looks GREAT! Thanks!
Oct 16, 2009 at 3:07 pmVery cute!!!!
Oct 17, 2009 at 10:02 pmcool
Oct 19, 2009 at 7:44 amamazing! this is very valuable for everyone…:)
Jan 7, 2010 at 7:00 amMind Blowing Craft Creation. I appreciate.
Very Artistic Pumpkin!Kukri
Feb 24, 2010 at 8:13 amReally creative article. i like the article and even i try to make paper pumpkin ornaments. This article is really fruitful for kids and even to the youth. It wll develop creativity among the kids. we can even decorate our rooms with the help of paper pumpkin ornament.
Feb 25, 2010 at 5:22 am
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Apr 3, 2010 at 7:44 amsooo cute!! Love this idea!
Jun 14, 2010 at 1:18 pm
