How To Make Halloween Pumpkin Decorations Paper

How To Make Halloween Pumpkin Decorations Paper tutorial videos Kid's Pumpkin craft for fall or halloween! This is a fun project you can make with your child or make for fun yourself! I will show you how to make a DIY honecomb ball from crepe paper and decorate a lovely fall wall hanging.

Easy Paper Mache Pumpkins

To create your Halloween pumpkin you will use the paper mache strip recipe.

In the video we will make pumpkins that you can use through the fall season to decorate any room in your home.

It's pretty easy, I believe it is something that you all can do and enjoy. Oh, goodness and they do turn out scary. I hope to get your creative juices flowing; you will also enjoy looking at these pumpkins by this really talented artist Scott at Stolloween, which inspired me.

Make Your Pumpkin Armature

1. First we will make our armature by crumpling up newspaper and stuffing into a plastic bag. You can create any size and style pumpkin that you like by using this simple technique.

After you fill your bag full, press down to push out the giving you more stuffing room.

To create the pumpkins ridges take and wrap string (twine, cord) around the bag and tie it tightly. You will want to add several stings to your bag; you can add masking tape over the sting to define the ridges even more.

Use a toilet paper roll or roll up newspaper to create your pumpkin stem. Tape the stem to the top of the pumpkin before you begin laying your paper strips down.

2. Apply 3 to 4 layers of paper mache strips over your entire pumpkin armature.

You will let this completely dry.

3. Now you cover your armature with 15 to 20 layers of paper mache strips and let this completely dry.

4. Cut a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin using a sharp knife or blade. Carefully remove the crumpled newspaper and plastic bag. Everything comes out pretty easy.

5. Draw your eyes, nose, and mouth onto your pumpkin and cut them out.

Cover you're newly cut edges with one layer of paper mache strips to create a smooth finished edge. You can brush the unfinished edges with glue instead of the strips; I do the strips in the video.

Let everything completely dry before preparing to paint.