Punkin' Seed Pumpkin
Materials:
- Lightweight cardboard
- Pumpkin printable template
- Painters or masking tape
- Paint brush
- Black marker
- White glue
- Orange, green, and brown paint
- Newspaper (to cover the painting surface)
- 100 dried pumpkin seeds (a small bag will be more than enough)
Directions:
- Cover your craft area with newspaper.
- Make giant tape donuts and stick them down to the newspaper.
- Lay the pumpkin seeds out in a row on the tape.
- Paint the seeds.
- You need 2 seeds painted green (for the leaf), 4 seeds painted brown (for the stem) and the rest painted orange.
- While the paint dries, print out the pumpkin template.
- Cut the pumpkin out and trace it onto a lightweight sheet of cardboard.
- Squeeze white glue onto the pumpkin drawing and spread it around with your finger to make an even layer.
- Place the seeds, painted side up, onto glue to create your pumpkin.
Source:
adapted from http://www.freekidscrafts.com