Weird & Wonderful Pumpkin Designs For Halloween

Weird & Wonderful Pumpkin Designs For Halloween

This October, in the lead up to Halloween, every Sunday Craft Factory will be giving you all the inspiration you could need to make this spooky season one to remember. From DIY costumes, to spooky facepaints and even some super simple yet scary decorations you can make at home Fruittella and Craft Factory have got Halloween all wrapped up. In our first of the series we’re bringing you Pumpkin crafts… 

 

Spider Pumpkin

Items needed:

  • Pumpkin
  • Ribbon
  • White Paint
  • Black Paint 
  • Fake Spider 
  • 2 x Sponge

Directions:

  1. Take your pumpkin - be aware that we will be painting so make sure to protect your surfaces. 
  2. Using white paint cover your pumpkin and use a kitchen sponge to ensure it is all covered evenly. Leave to dry.
  3. Now to create your spider web design, using PVA glue, stick on strips of ribbon all coming from a central point on the pumpkin. 

Tip: using fingertips ensure the ribbon is stuck down in the ridges of the pumpkin to get full coverage. 

  1. Once the diagonal ribbons are in place, add small pieces of ribbon to connect them up in a spiral design. 
  2. Continue this process until you have completed the full design and allow to dry. 
  3. Once dry, take some black paint & a sponge and cover the entirety of the pumpkin surface being gentle and dabbing the colour on. Be sure to get in all of the nooks and crannies!
  4. Once dry, it’s time to peel. Take the end of one of the ribbons and peel away, where you will see the white paint underneath. Repeat with all ribbons until the spider web is fully visible. 
  5. Add on a fake spider for a trulyfor truly spooky effect & your spider pumpkin is complete! 

 

Spooky Pumpkin

Items needed:

  • Pumpkin
  • Masking Tape 
  • Pen / Pencil
  • Scissors
  • Green Paint (We chose green but you can select any colour!)
  • Paint brush / sponge 

Directions:

  1. Take a strip of masking tape around 15-20cm in length  (depending on the size of your pumpkin) and lay it sticky side down on a work surface. Repeat this to create a square shape made from sticky tape, with each strip overlaying the previous ever so slightly. 
  2.  Using a pen / pencil draw  your pumpkin face design on the masking tape. 
  3. Cut out your masking tape design & stick shapes onto the pumpkin. 
  4. Using a paint brush or sponge, paint your pumpkin green taking extra care around the face stencilled area. Leave to dry. 
  5. Once the paint is dry, peel off the shapes revealing the face of the pumpkin and you're done. The spookier the better we say!  

Sweet Dispenser Pumpkin 

Items needed:

  • Pumpkin
  • Ping pong ball
  • Glue gun 
  • Cardboard
  • Scissors
  • Newspaper
  • Blender
  • Water
  • White felt
  • Fruittella sweets

Directions:

For this spooky creation we are using paper pulp, this is something you can buy ready made, just add water. However if you wish to make it yourself here are the instructions below.

TIP- This will need to be done the night before.

  1. Take some ripped strips of newspaper or old paper and tear them into 1 inch pieces. 
  2. Place the paper into a bowl & add hot water until all the paper is submerged.
  3. Let the paper soak overnight somewhere undisturbed for 8-12 hours. 
  4. Once soaked overnight, break the pieces of paper with your hands. Keep breaking them down until they are small enough to turn into a pulp. You could use a kitchen whisk for this too to speed up the process. 
  5. Blend the paper pulp in a kitchen blender for the smoothest consistency for 15-30 seconds.
    Tip: if the pulp is too thick, add water, too thin, add instant starch. 


Now it’s time to make the Pumpkin Sweet Dispenser.

 

  1. Cut a piece of cardboard with some scissors into a rounded semi-circle shape, slightly bigger than the length of your pumpkin - this will create a jaw shape. 
  2. Fold the card into thirds, and bend the two outside thirds inwards. 
  3. Using a glue gun, stick the cardboard onto the pumpkin with the folded edges towards the pumpkin this creates your mouth shape. 
  4. Take the pulp and mould around the cardboard jaw - shape it to give it character and to match up with the rest of the pumpkin. Leave to dry. 
  5. TIP Use wet fingers to smooth the pulp out. 
  6. Once dry, paint the jaw orange to match your pumpkin colour.
  7. Take your ping pong ball and cut in half, draw an eye in the middle of one half. 
  8. Using the glue gun, stick the eye on the pumpkin. 
  9. Using some white felt, cut into small triangles to make teeth and stick them on the inside of the pumpkin jaw. 
  10. Fill your pumpkin jaw with all Fruittella sweets and you’re set for Halloween.