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Popsicle Stick Pumpkins

This cheap and easy popsicle stick pumpkins craft is perfect for kids and Halloween!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Keyword: popsicle stick pumpkins
Servings: 3 pumpkins

Equipment

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Scissors

Ingredients

  • 5 Jumbo Craft Sticks
  • 10 Regular Craft Sticks
  • 5 Mini Craft Sticks
  • 3 Green Pipe Cleaners
  • 3 sheets Black Craft Foam
  • Orange Acrylic Paint
  • Brown Acrylic Paint
  • Printable Jack O Lantern Pattern

Instructions

Prep The Pumpkins

  • Line up five jumbo craft sticks on your work surface.
  • Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the pumpkin and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks.
  • To create the medium Jack-O-Lantern, line up five regular craft sticks on your work surface. Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the pumpkin and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks.
  • To create the small Jack-O-Lantern, line up six mini craft sticks on your work surface. Using scissors, trim additional jumbo craft sticks to the width of the pumpkin and attach with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Paint The Pumpkins

  • Basecoat the large pumpkin with bright orange acrylic craft paint, the medium pumpkin with medium orange acrylic craft paint, and the small pumpkin with dark orange acrylic craft paint.
  • Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary.

Make The Faces

  • Download, print, and cut out the CRAFT STICK JACK-O-LANTERN PATTERNS.
  • Trace the eyes, noses, and mouths onto black craft foam with a pencil.
  • Cut out with scissors. Attach the features to the Ghost with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Add The Stems

  • Basecoat one jumbo and one regular craft stick with dark brown acrylic craft paint.
  • Let dry, and apply a second coat, if necessary.
  • Cut the ends from the painted craft sticks and then attach to the top center of the Jack-O-Lanterns with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Attach The Vine

  • Twist a green chenille stem around a pencil, then slide off.
  • Cut into three sections with scissors and attach to the right and/or left side of the Jack-O-Lantern stems with a glue gun and glue sticks.

Notes

TIP: You can use liquid craft glue for this project, but you will have to wait for it to dry.