It’s Halloween time again! Jenny from Parsley Pie is going to show us how to make a pumpkin mask and a pumpkin candle holder using things that you can find around your home and garden!
PAPER PLATE PUMKIN MASK
MATERIALS
1. Large paper plate
2. Paint orange, black, brown & green
3. Plain white paper (for the pumpkin stalk/leaves)
4. Black magic marker
5. Scissors
6. Stapler
7. Elastic
INSTRUCTIONS
cut out triangles for the eyes
paint the paper plate orange, leave to dry
cut out two leaf shapes from the paper, paint green, leave to dry
cut out a stalk shape from the paper, paint brown, leave to dry
when the paper plate is dry use the marker pen to draw vertical lines on your mask to make the veins on your pumpkin Also draw around the eyes with the marker pen
using the black paint on a nose in the shape of a triangle and then paint a spooky mouth underneath in a zig zag shape, leave to dry
Using a stapler, attach your leaves and the stalk to your pumpkin stem then attach all the the paper plate at the top!
You can hold your mask to your face with two hands, punch two holes in the side and tie string or elastic through and secure!
Now you are ready to spook your family and friends!! Happy Halloween!
SPIDER PUMPKIN CANDLE HOLDER/SWEETIE HOLDER
MATERIALS
1. a pumpkin
2. glass bowl or jar
3. newspaper
4. string
5. black acrylic paint & a brush
6. spoon for scooping & a knife
7. a candle
INSTRUCTIONS
ask an adult to help you cut off the top of the pumpkin where the leaves and stalk are
then scoop out enough of the insides so your glass bowl or jar will sit inside neatly
to make each leg put a few sheets of news paper together one on top of each other and then twist them up and length ways so you have a long tube of scrunched up news paper. So the paper doesn’t unravel wrap and bind the string around it from top to bottom, then tie to secure,
you will need repeat this 7 more times to make all the 8 legs!
next paint all 8 legs with the black pain, leave to dry
When dry, attach the spiders legs onto the pumpkin. Ask an adult to help you make 8 small holes (4 each side) of the pumpkin so you can poke the legs in snuggly so they will stay in place
now you need to paint on the spiders eyes and mouth, use the black paint
Finally put the glass bowl inside your spider pumpkin! You can either put a candle in it or use it to store any sweets or treats you may collect!
or you can make a mini one using a mini pumpkin and black pipe cleaners for the legs and a tea light