Dressed-Up Halloween Pumpkin

Create one-of-a-kind no-carve pumpkin people with a variety of items from around the house.

From the book, 501 Fun-to-Make Family Crafts

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Glamour Girl

What You Need:

Create a face without the hassle
of using a knife.

Pumpkin
Artificial eyelashes
Straw hat
Ribbon
Silk flowers
Red raffia
Acrylic paints in red and pink
Paintbrush
Thick white crafts glue

Instructions:

1. Wash the pumpkin. Let it dry. Trim the stem short if necessary.

2. Remove backing from artificial eyelashes. Apply to pumpkin, slightly above the center. Use acrylic paints to add a nose, cheeks, and a mouth. Let the paint dry. Glue raffia to the inside of the hat to resemble hair. Glue a ribbon around the hat. Add silk flowers. Set the hat on top of the pumpkin.

Continued on page 2: The Cowboy

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