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PAPER STRIPS PUMPKIN: AN EASY FALL CRAFT FOR KIDS



Fall is in the air!  Decorate for the season with a paper strips pumpkin craft that’s easy enough for even kids to make!  Great for practicing kid’s cutting and gluing skills, all you need is a few pieces of colored paper to get started making this adorable fall craft!


This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

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Supplies

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Directions


Start by cutting a pumpkin shape out of the center of one of your white pieces of paper.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Next, cut several strips of colored paper.  We used some paper with patterns on it, which gave our pumpkin some added texture.  But if all you have is solid color paper, that works too!

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Once you have all your strips of paper cut, use a glue stick to paste them onto the second sheet of white paper.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Lay the strips side by side or overlap them until the entire area where the pumpkin will be is filled.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Paste your pumpkin cutout over top of the strips of paper.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

To make the leafy area cut a few pieces of of green tulle, about 6 inches long, and tie them together in the center with a knot.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

To make the stem, start by hot gluing one end of a piece of twine to the back side of the knot in the center of the tulle.  Loop the twine around the knot, leaving about two inches of slack.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Make four loops with the twine and hot glue the end to the back side of the tulle.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Hot glue only the base of the stem onto the paper at top of the pumpkin.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Twist the twine around to make it into a stem shape.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Then glue the stem onto the paper with hot glue.

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

And that’s it!  You’re paper strips pumpkin is all finished!

This Paper Strips Pumpkin is SO EASY to make! What a great fall craft for kids!

Try Making Your Own Paper Strips Pumpkin


This paper strips pumpkin is great for practicing kid’s fine motor skills.  And it makes for an adorable fall decor craft!  Try making it with your kids today!


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