I love fall! So of course I love to craft and decorate for the season. This year I made a few things with scrap wood. I did this for a couple of reasons. 1. My boys think of it more as "Building" not crafting and 2. They have discovered that they love to paint. I love when they want to participate so I am all for it! Don't be surprised if I continue the "building" crafts into winter!
Supplies:
- 2x4 (or 2x2) Piece of wood
- Orange Paint
- Wood Glue
- Various Artificial Fall Foliage, Berries, or other
- Ribbon
- A stick with approximately a 1 inch diameter (for the stem)
- A Piece of Sand Paper
- Hot Glue Gun
First I cut the 2x4 to the appropriate lengths. I made the large pumpkin with 2- 8 inch and 2-10 inch pieces. The smaller ones are made with 2- 6 inch and 1-8 inch pieces. This allowed me to make 3 small and 1 large without wasting any of the piece of wood. PERFECT!!!! Next, I lightly sanded the rough edges. I then glued the pieces together. The small pumpkin has 6 inch, 8 inch, 6 inch and the large is 8 inch, 10 inch, 10 inch, 8 inch. Make sure to center the smaller pieces on the larger ones. Then using two shades of orange paint ( I put them both on a paper plate and lightly swirled them together as I painted the wood) I painted all sides of the wood. The wood needed to coats of paint.
After they were dry I glued a piece of the stick to the top of the pumpkin. When that glue was dry, I tied a piece of ribbon around the stick and then attached a few pieces of the accessories. I used the hot glue gun to secure them in place.
Make sure to check out the Frankenstein I made with a piece of scrap wood
Here is the link to Frankenstein
After they were dry I glued a piece of the stick to the top of the pumpkin. When that glue was dry, I tied a piece of ribbon around the stick and then attached a few pieces of the accessories. I used the hot glue gun to secure them in place.
Here is the link to Frankenstein
