Tissue Paper Pumpkin

Tissue Paper Pumpkin
Overview:

The tissue paper pumpkin is a great little Halloween or autumn craft. Place them in a classroom, your front porch, or display them on window sills as part of the Halloween or fall decor. If you make a bunch of them you can have your very own pumpkin patch!

You will need:
  1. A few newspaper pages
  2. 2-3 sheets of orange tissue paper
  3. One sheet of green tissue paper
  4. Pipe cleaners (optional)
  5. Construction paper (optional)
  6. Tacky glue (optional)
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Supervision:
1 adult per 10 children
Difficulty:
Easy peasy (fun and simple)
Age:
Preschool, School-age, Tweens, Teens, Adults
Mess Factor:
Clean and tidy
Prep Time:
5 minutes or less
Time Length:
5 - 15 minutes
Step 1:

Lay your newspaper sheets on top of each other. They don't have to be perfectly aligned.

Step 2:

Start to crumple them up so they make a round ball! This will be the frame for your pumpkin shape.

Step 3:

Now place your sheets of orange tissue paper directly on top of each other and place the newspaper ball in the middle.

Step 4:

Engulf the paper ball in the tissue paper by pulling the tissue paper up and over the ball on all ends.

Step 5:

For the stem, take the excess orange tissue paper and begin twisting it. Really get in there and twist it tight so the stem takes shape.

Step 6:

Your little pumpkin is now complete. The next steps involve adding vines.

Step 7:

To make the vine, fold one sheet of green tissue paper in half.

Step 8:

Start twisting away from one end to the other. If you would like to add a leaf to your vine leave about about 3 inches untwisted at the end. If not, continue to twist.

Step 9:

To make the leaf, leave about 2 of the 3 remaining inches of your green tissue paper untwisted, and then twist the final inch.

Step 10:

Let's add the vine to the pumpkin! Wrap it around the stem, and tie a knot!

Step 11:

Ta-da! You have the cutest little tissue paper pumpkin!

Craft Variations:

If you want to continue to accessorize your pumpkin, create a jack-o'-lantern face or add some additional pipe cleaner vines and some flowers. Get creative and have fun!

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Materials:
  1. A few newspaper pages
  2. 2-3 sheets of orange tissue paper
  3. One sheet of green tissue paper
  4. Pipe cleaners (optional)
  5. Construction paper (optional)
  6. Tacky glue (optional)

Sophie's Tip of the Week

Start a collection of the classic, funny things that come out of your children's mouth. Jot them down in a notebook or even on small slips of paper kept in a shoebox. When things get frustrating you can always turn to your box for a smile.