All
this one takes is construction paper, scissors, glue, staples, and a
sharpie!
8
pieces of black paper, and 8 pieces of orange makes 32 hanging
decorations.
In
preparation for our Kiddie Costume Party, we needed some
kid-friendly, festive decorations that weren't cheesy, ya know? So, I
searched for some décor ideas that would be cheap from Oriental
Trading Company, and came across these! So cute and charming! But I
didn't want to pay for them, especially since they looked pretty easy
to duplicate, and I didn't want ghosts, I wanted Jack-O-Lanterns!
So,
take a piece of black construction paper and cut it into fours, do
the same with a piece of orange paper too. Stack the orange papers
up, and cut a pumpkin shape out of the stack, don't forget the stem!
You will then have four pumpkin faces. Now stack your black paper and
cut off the corners with scissors to round them out, but keep those
little clippings, they will become your jack-o-lanterns' eyes! Now
start at one end of your ovular(ish) stack of black paper, and cut a
spiral. The thinner you cut your strips the longer your decorations
will dangle! If you can, cut your spirals at different thicknesses, that way some hang longer, others shorter!
Glue
those cute triangle eyes onto your pumpkin faces, then take your
sharpie and draw your mouth in! Noses are optional, and you should
have plenty of extra clippings to glue some noses on there! I chose
to draw each mouth a little differently, matching what I felt the
eyes were telling me. As for the last step, staple your stem onto the
middle of your spiral, one pumpkin to one spiral cutout. Then just
affix the other end to the ceiling! CUTE!!!
Making
this a project with some little cuties would make it more personal,
and that much more ADORABLE!
WIN
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