Pumpkin to the celebration of Halloween can be done in several ways and decorate them with the interior.
How to Make a Halloween Pumpkin – Thismany needlewomen start asking themselves this question as the most unusual and mysterious autumn holiday approaches. Why pumpkin? Because this fruit is a kind of symbol of the holiday, it was used by the ancient Celts of Ireland and Scotland, who are the founders of Halloween, to create magic lanterns, which have not lost their popularity at modern events. In addition, pumpkins are used in various decor, in holiday dishes and even in carnival costumes, and it does not necessarily have to be real, its artificial copies from various materials are quite acceptable. What and how to make a Halloween pumpkin, we will tell you in our article. How to quickly make a pumpkin for Halloween from an old sweater. If you did not manage to get a real holiday attribute, do not be upset, you can always make it yourself, and from the most unexpected things. For example, to make our first Halloween pumpkin we will need:
- Old wool orange sweater;
- orange yarn for knitting on spokes;
- sintepon or any other filler;
- a large button in the tone of the sweater;
- scissors.
How to make a pumpkin for Halloween photo and descriptionwork step by step. Step 1. As you may have guessed, we will make our craft from an old woolen or acrylic sweater, the material in this case is not of fundamental importance, but the color, very much, it should resemble the color of the natural fruit. First, cut off both sleeves of the model along the armhole line, and also cut off half of the bottom. Step 2. Next, turn the product inside out, gather the remaining bottom together in a bundle and tightly rewind it with strong knitting thread, it is important that it matches the tone of the former item of clothing. Step 3. After this, turn the resulting part right side out and tightly stuff it with padding polyester or any other suitable filler. Step 4. To make the fruit look as real as possible, divide the fabric into separate parts using an orange wool thread. To do this, take three identical pieces and fold them crosswise so that the intersection point is in the center of each piece. Place this piece on the bottom of the already formed toy. Step 5. Sew the threads to the fabric using a large button of a suitable color and straighten them upward in different directions, while making sure to pull each one so that it can divide the soft base of the toy into separate parts. Step 6. Connect the ends of the threads together with the neck of the sweater and tie it all into a tight knot. Cut off the excess fabric and admire the resulting decorative toy for the holiday.
How to Make a Halloween Pumpkin Out of Paper VeryAn accessible and easy material for making various crafts, including those dedicated to the holiday - Halloween, is paper and cardboard, what exactly we can get, let's consider further. Option No. 1. We will select the following materials for work:
- double-sided cardboard of the desired color;
- strong fine thread;
- sewing needle;
- glue;
- scissors;
- decorative lace;
- thin floral tape;
- line;
- pencil.
Description of work. 1.To make this craft, take a sheet of thin double-sided cardboard in yellow-orange shades and draw lines on it using a ruler and a simple pencil into separate strips. The length of such strips should be about 15 cm, and the width 2 cm. In total, you will need 18-20 blanks for one toy. 2. Next, using scissors, carefully cut the sheet and get the strips we need for work. You can also use scissors with curly blades, this will make the pumpkin craft even more original.
3.Now we put all the cut strips in a neat stack on top of each other and using a needle and thread we pierce them through, stepping back from one of the edges about 1-1.5 cm. From the back side we fix the thread on a voluminous knot so that it holds securely, we pull it, and pierce the strips again, stepping back from the opposite edge also 1-1.5 cm. Again we fix the thread, and so that it stretches like a string and bends the entire stack of strips into an arc (see photo below). 4. After this, we carefully unfold the resulting blank, placing the strips in a circle, and we get a part of the shape we need. 5. From green cardboard we cut out a leaf and glue it to the top of the cardboard pumpkin craft. 6. Also, from above, through the base of the craft and the leaf, we pull a decorative cord and form a loop from it, thanks to which our decoration can be hung. 7. To make the pumpkin fruit have curly tendrils, we take a thin plastic floral ribbon and curl it with the help of a scissors blade, to do this, you just need to run it along the base, and it will acquire the desired shape. We tie the ribbon to the base of the cord-loop.
8.From black colored paper or cardboard, we cut out the eyes, mouth and nose for our craft. To make it look more like a real traditional Halloween lantern, the details of the eyes and nose should be made in the form of triangles, and the mouth should be cut out with teeth.
9. Glue the cut out parts, after which the work can be considered finished. Option No. 2. For work we will need:
- two-sided colored paper;
- scissors;
- glue;
- thread.
Description of work. 1.To make such a paper pumpkin, take a sheet of paper of the desired color, A4 format, and fold it widthwise into an accordion, so that each folded strip is no more than 1 centimeter wide. 2. In exactly the same way, fold three more identical accordions from paper. 3. Then carefully bend each folded blank in half.
4.Now we need glue, it is better to use a stationery glue stick for this work, it is very easy to use, does not spread and does not deform the paper if applied abundantly. First, we glue both inner sides of the folded accordion together with glue, so that we get a blank similar to a fan. In total, we should get 4 identical fans. 5. After that, we lay out all the parts in a circle, connecting their corners in the center with each other, so that a figure of the shape we need is formed. We glue all the parts together, also using a glue stick. 6. The base of the pumpkin is ready, it remains to complement it, cut out a stalk from green paper and glue it to the top, later we will thread a thread through it so that the toy can be hung. We also cut out eyes and a mouth from black paper and glue them.
The festive craft is ready!If you make 10-15 of these, you can form a whole garland and complement the festive interior decor with it. Option No. 3. To make this decoration, we will need:
- colored paper (two-sided);
- glue;
- scissors;
- line;
- pencil;
- satin ribbon.
Description of work. 1.This version of the holiday decoration is very similar to the New Year's lanterns that we used to make from early childhood to decorate the Christmas tree, it turns out that they can have another interpretation, and they look very interesting in this form. What we do is take a sheet of orange paper and fold it in half across. 2. Then we retreat 2.5-3 cm from the edge of the resulting workpiece and draw a straight line along it with a ruler and a pencil. 3. Further from the applied line in the direction down to the fold, we draw identical stripes, the width of each of which should be 1 cm. 4. Now we take scissors and make cuts along the applied vertical lines in the direction from the fold up to the horizontal line. 5. After this, we unfold the work and get a workpiece with cuts similar to fringe in the center of the sheet. We carefully roll it into a tube, the edges of which we glue from top to bottom, we get that same lantern. 6. To make the craft more rigid, take a sheet of yellow paper and form a cylinder out of it, the same height as the lantern of a slightly smaller diameter. Insert the cylinder inside the lantern and glue both parts together.
7.Cut out a green strip, 12-15 cm long and 1-1.5 cm wide, and glue it to the top of the lantern-shaped pen. 8. Next, form eyes and a mouth on the black paper base and glue them. 9. Finally, decorate our festive pumpkin lantern with a small bow made from a thin satin ribbon and glue it to the side.
The work is finished, the original decoration isdone! How to make a pumpkin for Halloween lantern. As we already noted at the beginning of our article, the main symbol of the Halloween holiday is a pumpkin lantern-lamp, all the previously presented master classes will help you make the pumpkin itself from various materials, but it is unlikely to turn into a real holiday lamp. For this we will need a real fruit, and how to turn it into the desired attribute read on. In addition to the pumpkin itself, we will also need:
- Sharp knife;
- A simple pencil;
- tablespoon;
- candle.
Step-by-step description of the work. Stage 1.We select the fruit, it should be round, proportional and stable. The size can be anything from a tiny pumpkin to a huge one. If you could not find a stable specimen, do not be upset, but simply carefully cut off the rounded base, thereby making it flat, but at the same time you should only touch the peel, not reaching the pulp. Step 2. Next, using a sharp knife, cut out a part around the top of the stalk that looks like a cap. Put it aside for now, we will need it later. Step 3. Now carefully cut the pulp, trying to separate it from the peel, and remove it with a tablespoon. By the way, you should not throw away this pulp - you can make many delicious dishes and desserts from it, both for a festive and for an ordinary table. Step 4. After the inside is cleaned, we move on to making a scary face, because this is how a festive lamp should look. And here everything depends on your skill as an artist and how well you handle a knife. You can make the eyes, nose and mouth simpler in the form of triangles, or you can cut out curly "facial features". Whichever option you choose, we recommend that you first draw the face with a simple pencil on the outer crust, and then cut everything out according to the sketch. Step 5. The main part of the lamp is a candle, we place it inside so that it stays there stably, it is better to choose a flat shape suitable for this, or drip a little melted wax and attach a regular one. Step 6. We choose a suitable place for the manufactured lamp, for example, on a windowsill or on the porch of the house, light a candle and close the hole cut out on top with the “cap” we set aside earlier.
The work is done! The festive decor is ready!It should be noted that today the ancient Celtic tradition of making pumpkin lanterns has turned into a whole art form, unique masterpieces are carved from pumpkin fruits, which are worthy elements of decor not only for Halloween, but also in the design of many interiors, holidays, and special events. You can also try to make a similar masterpiece, for example, you can make holes in a pre-cleaned pumpkin peel instead of making cuts with a knife, and drill holes in the form of a certain pattern, it will turn out very unusual and incredibly beautiful. You can also complement the cut out fragment with an applique, a drawing, decorate it with decorative details, perform decoupage on the peel or paint it with colored paints. Below we offer you a small photo selection of original pumpkin decoration ideas. Perhaps it will help you create your own unique holiday decor.
Well, we hope that now you know many ways to make a Halloween pumpkin with your own hands, and you will be able to worthily celebrate and spend this mystical and terribly interesting holiday.
