Our friends at Martha Stewart always have some wonderful ideas for pumpkins that you can do with your kids, so we thought we would take a few minutes and share a few with you.
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Take two miniature pumpkins to become a hoot of an owl! Secure the two pumpkins together with a toothpick or kabob skewer. To give your little owl eyes to see take 2 toothpicks and attach pumpkin seeds thru, add a few more and fan them out; repeat several times so it makes a complete circle and top the end with a pearberry. To give your little guy feathers on top of his head take a chrysanthemum bloom and toothpick or hot glue it to the top. And to complete your little friend, hollow out his beak area and insert an almond. Isn’t he cute?
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Every little girl loves creating jewelry. Why not make a pumpkin necklace? Take your seeds from inside your scooped out pumpkin and put them in a bowl of water. The seeds will separate and float to the top when they do take them and put them on a towel or pan to dry out for a few hours (at least 6). Then take a needle and thread it with silk beaded cord and pierce each seed and create a pattern, you can also add candy corn to make it a bit more colorful!
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A pumpkin birdhouse has to be one of my favorite ideas! Take a small pumpkin, cut it in half, scoop it out leaving about ½” thick wall all of the way around. In the rim take a knife and slit a ½” rim around to make a “rim” for pumpkin seeds to sit on (really wedged in) To make cute perches, poke a hole with a twig branch and insert. Add some berries. To hang take 2 pieces of twine, knot the ends, secure (where the knot is) on the bottom of the pumpkin. And then fill with birdseed, I know the birds will love visiting here! And in my case, so will the pesty squirrels!
Do you have any cute ideas of pumpkins? Share them! Hope you have a wonderfully sweet and fun Halloween!
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Thanks for sharing these - I never get over to Martha's site - I'll try to start now. I'm into crafting big time. Happy SITS Sharefest & have a great Halloween!
ReplyDeleteI learned on Kathy Lee & Hoda that you can hollow out those little pumpkin gourds and put votive candles in them for a cute centerpiece...think I'm gonna try this for Thanksgiving. SITS sent me by, and I'm glad they did...Happy Saturday Sharefest!
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I love the pumpkin bird feeder, such a cool idea. I also just love anything Martha... Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great owl idea's i have my 5 yr old son and i think he would love doing this !! and i just wanted to let you know i have an award over at my blog for you so when you have time come on over and take a look ! Thanks
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas! Thanks for posting them, I'll paste them for next year x
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