Autumn is coming, which means our way of life is changing a little. Children go to school and kindergarten, returning from vacation, and autumn tasks will come to us again to make crafts from vegetables and fruits. Therefore, today I will tell and show how many ideas there are in pumpkin crafts. This vegetable has different fancy shapes and colors. Sometimes you look at a pumpkin and immediately imagine what it looks like. They especially like to use it for Halloween, giving it a special atmosphere and mystery.
But today we will look at how to use pumpkins for crafts at children's exhibitions or competitions. Because I know it from myself. They give out a seasonal idea at school or kindergarten, and you go to rack your brains about what it is like to come up with something interesting and uncomplicated with children. We, as parents, of course want the child to be proud of his product, to be praised and, most importantly, noticed. Therefore, I tried to collect the best ideas and master classes. There is also a wonderful selection of crafts made from vegetables and fruits
Creativity knows no bounds and in this golden-orange vegetable you can see the carriage for Cinderella, and even Kopatych from the famous cartoon about Smesharikov. While preparing this material, I was amazed at how vast the imagination is and it’s just great that with your own hands, as if by magic, you can create fairy-tale characters, beautiful baskets, real lanterns and even vehicles.
It’s just nice to look at these pictures, and spending time creating with your child is also very useful. My daughter and I also ran to the store, chose a small pumpkin and will make a carriage, like in a fairy tale. And you choose any idea. Some things will be easy to do, some more difficult. But we will definitely get through this together. I invite you to study the material in a good orange mood. And let this article help you awaken your imagination and come up with your own original and unique pumpkin craft.
DIY pumpkin crafts for an exhibition (competition) at school
It’s not so easy to surprise or captivate children who are already going to school. But since competitions or exhibitions are held in classes, it is necessary to come up with an idea so that the child proudly carries a pumpkin craft and is sure that everyone will say: “Wow!!!” After all, there is a kind of great responsibility here to speak on your behalf in front of the school. The name and class are written under the product, so everyone will know whose cool masterpiece it is.
Some options are quite complex and require skills, and working with a knife is also unsafe. But we can help the child. In addition, suddenly your child will discover talent and you will see how new ideas are born. Take a closer look at these amazing pumpkin creations and create with your kids.
You look at this Cheshire cat from afar and think: What kind of talent does it take to create something like this out of a pumpkin? But if you look closely, there is nothing complicated about it. Remove a thin layer with a chisel and adjust the muzzle with a knife. Well, it’s true, you are just as talented. Take the idea with your child. This one is worth your time!
Who loves Angry Birds? Feel free to take any round pumpkin and paints. A few touches and you will be faced with the difficult task of making friends with the formidable birds
Maybe your dad is a joiner or carpenter. And he knows how to carve such things from wood. Ask him to help you create such a miracle using soft pumpkin material!
The stem of the pumpkin looks just perfect like the nose. Start from this point. The image may surprise you
I don’t think cool guys and girls will want to bring a craft in the form of mushrooms or a car to school. Why not use this idea?
You can create cute fairy-tale houses by making a door and windows from twigs. Someone is already waiting to visit.
Just recently we watched “Monsters University” and “Monsters, Inc.” with the whole family. This idea is just great where you can quickly and easily make Mike Wazowski out of a pumpkin.
And Auntie Bra is simply wonderful.
The orange color just begs for the pumpkin to turn into a menacing, no, cute tiger cub.
Previously, as a child, for the New Year they bought an overhead mask with glasses and a nose. See how you can use this with pumpkin.
Pumpkin is like a wheel of cheese! Original. If the vegetable is bright orange, you can paint it beige, drill holes, removing the insides. And the mice are right there.
Did you know that pumpkin is also afraid of mice and spiders).
We’ll make the muzzle out of napkins, or perhaps you’ll want to crochet the elements.
All the details of this silly dog are also made from pumpkin. Decorative pumpkin Lagenaria is great for ears and tail.
If your child is interested in the String Art technique for creating pictures from carnations and threads, you can even use it on a pumpkin.
Any face can be transferred to a pumpkin by first drawing a template on paper, and then using an awl to often pierce it along the contour. Then cut with a thin scalpel. And this technique will help you complete the craft to the highest standard.
Beautiful ideas and new crafts on the theme of Autumn using pumpkins
The decoration direction has become quite popular now and as they say in fashion or trend. Remember how you painted using ordinary paper napkins, here it’s about the same. In general, here are a few ideas in video format, take note.
Draw ornaments, lace and create your own new images, don’t be like everyone else. Make the work unique.
I want to show one work in more detail along with a description. I took it from one site.
We will need:
- white spray paint
- PVA glue
- napkins
- pumpkins
Stages:
1. Well, wash the pumpkins and wipe them dry with a towel. Then paint over them with an aerosol so that they become white; if you leave them orange, then the napkin, which is subsequently glued to the product, may allow this bright color to pass through.
2. These are the little white pieces you will get, let them dry completely. Can be painted twice.
3. Cut strips from paper napkins. Ideally, they should be long enough to wrap around the vegetables.
4. Start gluing, apply glue to the surface of the pumpkin and attach a strip, and so on, until the product turns into a bright souvenir.
5. Decorate afterwards with any satin ribbons or other decor.
6. Design the second pumpkin differently, take other napkins with a different design.
In the same way, you can decorate small pumpkins that look like pears.
Wash the vegetables in running water, dry and degrease with alcohol or acetone.
Then paint the entire surface of the pumpkin with white paint. In the meantime, while the vegetable is drying, you can cut out all sorts of pictures from different napkins, these can be any animals, insects, birds and flowers, etc.
Well, then glue it with regular PVA using a brush.
After all your efforts, an excellent result awaits you. The background can also be made monochromatic by gluing the napkin you need. Decorate with an artificial branch with leaves.
Beautiful crafts from pumpkins on the theme of Autumn for kindergarten
Dear moms and dads of babies. The time for creativity has come and you are faced with the task of bringing crafts to kindergarten. Pumpkin is one material that is not at all difficult to use. You can simply paint and draw a face, or you can add a few details and turn the vegetable into a fairy-tale hero or animal. Choose any of the proposed ideas. Create with your children using any wild imagination. Look at all the pictures with your child and he will definitely come up with his own unique craft. You just provide him with the necessary material and help him in difficult moments.
The craft store sells fluffy wire and eyes. There are very few details, but the result is a wonderful bat or candlestick spider.
I really liked this original idea. I think fathers and mothers can share their household wealth with their child to create such a “crank”.
On a walk you can collect moss, wild berries or rowan berries and make houses for gnomes
Here's another design for huts.
There is not a single identical face in the whole world. One is more original than the other.
Take the idea of making a flying saucer with cute and friendly aliens.
How do you like Losyash? The main thing is that everyone recognizes him. And whoever you know and love attracts attention the most
Use cardboard and colored paper for creativity to diversify your ideas.
From paper
You can create a lot of Halloween crafts out of paper. Let's start by making bats, of which there can be very, very many on this day. For the body, we will need an empty jar, a cardboard tube from toilet paper or paper towels. The base can be painted black. For the bat wings, use a thick black sheet. You can fold it like an accordion. You can draw eyes or glue ready-made plastic ones. A pair of sharp white fangs will complement the terrifying look.
With kids you can make a bat from a disposable cardboard plate. Help your child cut out the ears and wings. Glue them on the back side. Mark the grin and teeth with white paint or a clerical touch-corrector. Draw more eyes.
Interesting decorative items are made from a sheet of paper folded like an accordion and glued into a circle. The orange material will make pumpkins, the black material will make cats and bats. If you insert a stick or kebab skewer inside, the monster can be used as a topper.
Simple white paper napkins make adorable and friendly ghosts. In addition to the napkin, you will need a small elastic band or thread and stuffing for the head. You can take a ball of cotton wool or make something more interesting! Use a round candy as a “filling”! This surprise will delight those with a sweet tooth of any age.
From identical orange stripes you can make a fairly simple craft - a pumpkin. Make holes at the ends and pull the strips together as shown in the photo. Use green paper for the tail. The strip can be wound onto a pencil in the form of a spiral.
Black cats and cats are the witch's companions on all holidays; on Halloween you can't do without them. To create a cat that will stand on its own paws, cut out a silhouette with a fold from thick paper (watercolor, Whatman paper), paint it black. Draw a happy face for the cat, because he is a welcome guest at the Sabbath today!
For a children's party, guests can make caps. If there is no base of a suitable color, it can be painted. Twist a cone from whatman paper. Tape the edges. Then get creative and make the decor whatever your heart desires: ribbons, silhouettes of bats, seals, beads, feathers.
The same elements will make a wonderful garland. Make silhouettes from cardboard of the desired color, tie them with thread or ribbon. Complete the garland with tassels, fringe, and beads.
What would a holiday be without a carnival mask! You can literally create it from scrap materials. A small master class is given below.
- Paint a disposable cardboard plate in the desired color.
- Make decorative details from colored paper.
- Connect the mask elements using glue or double-sided tape.
- Glue a cardboard drinking straw to the side - this will be the handle.
- Who are you, mask?!
You can make small memorable and useful souvenirs for holiday guests. For example, bookmarks. Cut out two identical motifs (pumpkin, sugar skull, bat, etc.). Merge them together by placing a simple paper clip inside. Makes great crafts for Halloween.
DIY crafts from pumpkins and zucchini for kindergarten and school
Vegetables and fruits in their ensemble can offer entire stories. How do you like the idea of crafts, for example, made from pumpkins and zucchini? Here everything is only limited by our imagination. Nature is so rich in its diversity that it is simply amazing. Creativity always has childhood roots. That is why so much time is devoted to various exhibitions in schools and kindergartens, where a child can reveal his talents and develop imaginative thinking. Also look in this section at what crafts were invented by children and their parents.
Looking at the details of this complex composition, you are amazed at how easily and quickly it can be made from pumpkin and zucchini.
Carrots and potatoes can also serve as elements, turning into cute little animals.
And even on the train
Decorative pumpkins can easily be disguised as porcini mushrooms. They are also very similar to acorns.
Vegetable figurines have their own mood and facial expression.
These are the piglets for every taste and fat content
This masterpiece was born in the master’s mind only because he saw the curve of a fish in the natural form of a vegetable. How beautiful it is. Shall we try to do something like this? The eyes are afraid, but the hands do it.
Recommendations from experienced professionals
To make crafts look more original, and the process of making them not to be too painstaking and time-consuming, you need to take the advice of experienced craftsmen.
Basic recommendations:
- Instead of a kitchen knife, you can use a wood carving knife, because this tool is much sharper and more convenient to use.
- You should not immediately take on complex elements; it is better to initially practice on simple ones and master the skill.
- If the pumpkin has dried entirely, then before removing the seeds from it, you need to pour water inside.
- Before applying the pattern to the peel, you need to make a stencil out of paper, secure it with tape, and only then outline it with a marker.
Important! If a craft made from a fresh pumpkin begins to dry out, then you need to put it in water for a few minutes.
Autumn crafts from decorative pumpkins
The decorative pumpkin amazes with its beauty. It has already created figures and images that exist in the world. The main thing here is not to rush. Take a closer look, turn it in your hands, and ideas for crafts from this type of vegetable will appear in your head. In the meantime, also take a look at the ideas I found for you.
In general, houses made from such pumpkins turn out very well. The orange roof and white walls just look perfect like real fairy-tale buildings.
You can also get serious about creating pumpkin decor. For example, for a photo shoot, or maybe you and your child will take the design of a classroom or stage for a holiday.
Below are ideas for creating cute faces and chubby cats.
Materials for creating crafts at home
List of materials for creating a craft with your own hands
In order to create a craft, we will need the following materials:
- Pumpkin;
- Leaves;
- Cone;
- Eyes;
- Toothpicks;
- Glue gun web;
- Decor: berries, acorns;
- Knife;
- Spoon;
- Needles;
- Glass (for webs).
DIY crafts from Lagenaria pumpkin for an exhibition
In our region where we live, we have never seen such a pumpkin of the Lagenaria variety. One day I saw a picture of a grandmother hugging vegetables that looked very much like geese with long necks. Since there are a lot of fakes on the Internet now, I didn’t believe this image. But while preparing this material, I became closely acquainted with such an amazing pumpkin. It is also called bottle or dishware. It is simply created for various interesting crafts. That's just the way it is. Experienced craftsmen even create entire works of art. If such a wonderful pumpkin is available to you, then the ideas presented below are for you.
Look how original and unique each chicken is, thanks to the different shape of the pumpkin.
Even though the form may be the same, here the imagination is simply limitless.
If you are interested in the decoupage technique, show your child how to use it on a pumpkin and together transfer the cute design onto the vegetable.
This type of pumpkin makes a great bird with long necks.
Simply amazing creatures. And how does nature know that such birds actually exist?
And this is top-class craftsmanship. Perhaps the child wants to get carried away in this direction or is good at drawing. Since the pumpkin has a very smooth surface, it is convenient to work with for small cuttings and painting.
Wreaths
A wreath is an exquisite interior decoration for Halloween. You can hang it not only in the children's room. It will look great and invite you to Halloween celebrations if you place it on your front door or window.
The material for wreaths can be very diverse:
- threads, twine, yarn;
- ribbons, lace;
- strips of fabric of a suitable color;
- felt;
- paper, cardboard;
- twigs and flowers (live and artificial);
- even tinsel.
By the way, a great idea is to make a wreath of green tinsel and decorate it according to the holiday: for the New Year with balls, in the fall with pumpkins and fruits, in the spring with flowers and ribbons.
You can buy the base for making a wreath at a craft store or use items you have on hand. For example, take a hanger, glue a semicircle of cardboard to the bottom and wrap it with orange ribbons.
The stores also offer a wide range of decorative elements suitable for Halloween celebrations:
- ready-made plastic orange fruits;
- figurines of bats, ghosts, etc.;
- cardboard silhouettes of spiders, black cats, haunted castles;
- felt elements.
Just use them in your crafts and your Halloween will be the most original and memorable.
Making a tree from pumpkin seeds
Feel free to use pumpkin seeds in original crafts and applications. Painted in different autumn colors, they turn into leaves. I offer you separate options on how to make a tree from pumpkin seeds. It is very useful for a child to develop fine motor skills and this is exactly the case when you can spend beneficial time with benefit.
You can not only draw a tree trunk, but also make it out of pumpkin seeds, first painting it brown.
Oak trees also grow well from colored paper
Draw branches on paper if the children are still very small and let them glue the seeds with PVA glue
Master class on how to make a vase and ekibana with pumpkin and flowers
It is very difficult to choose what to show you. There is always more work than can be described. Therefore, I decided to very briefly talk about several crafts. Briefly, but so that you can understand and easily repeat.
Ekibana.
- In a large flower pot (or in a small bucket) we place different autumn flowers (preferably, if possible, natural, not artificial).
- We coat a small pumpkin with varnish. Place it on a bamboo skewer and place it between the flowers.
Vase or flowerpot.
- Where the vegetable has a tail, cut a hole. We clean it from the insides literally to the walls.
- Place a vase of water in the middle and fill it with flowers. But you can put a whole pot of flowers in a pumpkin.
Ekibana "Face".
- We have already looked at how to make a vase. Cut out a circle, take out the insides and insert a jar of water.
- By the way, instead of a jar, you can put a sponge moistened with water at the bottom.
- For a real Ekiban, the bouquet is not important, but the plot is important. Therefore, we choose twigs of barberry and rose hips, painted in bright colors in autumn.
- We use two empty snail “houses” as eyes.
- We draw “pupils” on the snails. Making the mouth.
It turns out to be a real ekibana, or a bouquet with meaning and plot!
And here is also an interesting option made from a small pumpkin.
If you use fresh flowers, use a floral sponge to prevent them from wilting.
How to make a basket (vase) from a pumpkin
Previously, pumpkins were often used for decoration and various flower vases. If you want to make a pumpkin basket so that it will bring you joy for at least a short but wonderful autumn period, then take a closer look at these works. Perhaps you and your child will make a basket and give it to the teacher or teacher for the holiday.
To ensure that the flowers retain their freshness for a long time, you can place a jar of water or a damp sponge for flower arrangements in the pumpkin’s niche.
How to prepare a pumpkin for crafting
The very first stage is preparing the vegetable for future crafts. It is necessary to cut a round hole on top through which all the contents inside the vegetable are pulled out. It should be completely empty. After which it must be dried.
You can simply leave the vegetable for several days in a dry and dark room and let it dry naturally.
The second, faster option is to dry it in the oven. The vegetable is placed in the middle of the baking sheet and the heat is turned on at 80 °C. Periodically, the pumpkin must be turned clockwise.
Attention! This drying will be useful for those who urgently need an autumn pumpkin spider craft.
Flowers made from pumpkin seeds for the autumn holiday
Flowers made from pumpkin seeds are very lush and incredibly beautiful. The seeds are so unique that the flowers from them can look like chrysanthemums, daisies, and even sunflowers. You can give them a different color shade thanks to the white base. Using additional handy materials, entire bouquets begin to bloom. Create them with your kids for a gift or for display. Unlike the pumpkin itself, such crafts last for a very long time.
Thanks to painstaking work, you can make such a voluminous composition. The base is plasticine
Here are such a variety of flowers from the same seeds
From threads and fabric
Thick threads and knitting yarn are also useful for Halloween crafts. The simplest toys for children - ghosts - are made from ordinary brushes. To make a tassel, wrap a piece of white yarn around a rectangle. You can use a cardboard children's book or cut out a rectangle of the desired size from thick cardboard. Glue the eyes and place a flag in the hands. Welcome to the holiday!
The leftover orange yarn will make a wonderful pumpkin. The ponytail can be made from thread or a chenille brush.
Knitters can knit pumpkins for the holiday from bright yarn. A simple plain glass cover with a movement of the hand turns... into a festive pumpkin, you just need to add a little imagination. Black eye sockets and grins can be embroidered or glued on. Fill cups with Halloween themed candy. By the way, such souvenirs can be presented to all guests of a “scary” party without exception.
Using the diagram below, you can sew a pillow pumpkin. The craft can be tiny or quite voluminous. For sewing, take felt or soft, tactilely pleasant flannel. To make the folds on the “peel” look natural, you can tint them with dry pastels or eye shadow.
Pumpkin craft “Carriage for Cinderella”
With my daughter, as I said above, we chose the idea of creating a carriage for Cinderella out of a pumpkin. After all, it was from this vegetable that the godmother conjured a beautiful fairy-tale transport for the trip to the ball. It’s just wide-eyed and even a little jealous of these princesses that they have such a beautiful carriage. I think every girl will have in her toys horses, mice, and most importantly her favorite little dolls who dream of going to the ball.
We have found a countless number of carriages for you, but I am sure that your child will be able to come up with even better and more original ideas.
How do you like this modern version of the mega-carriage? Winx or Monsters High also love balls.
Tools for making a house
Before you start work, you need to prepare all the necessary tools and lay them out on your workbench. In addition, it is worth preparing various decorative elements if you are planning to make not just a house, but an entire composition.
First, you need to prepare two knives. One with a long blade for cutting large holes, and the second with a small, pocket-sized blade. You will need to cut small holes with this knife. In addition, you may also need an awl. You will also need to prepare plasticine, tape, oil or acrylic paints and glue. And finally, natural decorative elements: pine cones, acorns, leaves, etc. Here you will need what suits your plan. Therefore, it is necessary, if not to draw up a sketch of the future composition, then at least to have an idea of what will be done.
How to Make a Pumpkin Lantern for Halloween
A pumpkin lantern is simply mesmerizing with its mystery and mystery. Of course, it cannot be used for a long period of time due to the fact that fresh pumpkin fades over time. But you can create an atmosphere in the evening and light up the room in an original way or create cute decor for a holiday. And for light we will use candles in cups or garlands.
You can cut out stars not only with a knife, but also use iron cookie cutters. Place it on the side of the pumpkin and tap it with a hammer.
This is such a wonderful lamp with windows. It's like someone lives inside. In my childhood it was so mysterious for me that I always tried to look into houses with luminous windows, whether it was a New Year's house or a paper lantern.
You can cut out any picture for the lantern by first attaching the template to the pumpkin. Then prick the outline with an awl and cut it out.
Here are some more ideas for you
For safe lighting, use either a garland or candles in cups
Carving a snail from a pumpkin
Making this pumpkin snail is as easy as shelling pears. A few years ago, real Akhatinkas appeared in our house, just on the eve of autumn, and when the children suggested making a pumpkin craft in the shape of a snail, I initially refused this idea. I thought it was all very difficult. But, my dears, if you are also looking for a similar idea, then I will say in advance that carving a snail from a pumpkin is not at all difficult. Here even the pumpkin itself remains whole, we just cut off the side for stability and a stripe in a spiral, repeating the pattern of the snail shell.
Artistic image of a pumpkin
In addition to using the vegetable itself, its image is often used, making fakes from different materials, because it is filled with the magic of autumn and is the main symbol of the late harvest. In preschool educational institutions there are pictures of pumpkins for children, which they must decorate with autumn-themed patterns, complete the hat and tail, or simply exercise complete freedom of creativity.
Crafts from pumpkin “Kopatych”
No matter how many times children watched the cartoon about Smesharikov, I for some reason associated Kopatych with his simplicity and rustic hard work with a pumpkin. Well, it’s similar, isn’t it? We will take ideas from this section and make crafts from Kopatych’s pumpkin. Eyes, nose, mouth, stuck to a pumpkin and the image is ready.
The nose and ears can be made from plasticine
Or from potato slices.
And also make a tomato if you want a red nose.
Or print Kopatych’s face on a color printer and stick it on a pumpkin
My friends. I hope after viewing the materials you have already made your choice. And the child had an idea and an image of what to make from such a wonderful and healthy vegetable as pumpkin. I would also like to invite you to take a look at the article where I posted recipes for millet porridge with pumpkin. After all, in order to have the strength to be creative, you need to refresh yourself.
