Links
Archives
Pumpkin Carving for Halloween
Friday, October 09, 2009
This year I'm making some dioramas using artificial pumpkins. This way they'll last for years and I can leave them out for as long as I want, maybe even all year! It's a fun craft to do with the kids and even more fun to tackle by yourself because you can just let the creative juices flow and see where this takes you.
A diorama is a small scene that is created inside a little box or anything else that's small, like a little suitecase, a wooden box or in our case, a faux pumpkin. You need to decide what theme you'd like to do, mine is going to be a skeleton filled graveyard. I picked up a bunch of miniature pieces of Lemax stuff on sale at Michael's Arts & Crafts for 70% off so mine is just going to rock!!
Go to Halloween Online's Craft section for the directions on making them. I'll post pictures when I get mine done!
Now, as for carving the real pumpkins this year, I don't know how many we are going to get. They are awfully expensive this year again! Even more than last year. Even Wal-mart has them for over $4.00 a pumpkin! I can't believe how they've gone up! But we have to carve a few and we'll need some new pumpkin carving stencils.Head over to Spook Master for the newest and coolest carving patterns!
We may also try this new idea for creating a Jack-O-Lantern Walkway using those plastic Jack-O-Lantern candy buckets. It looks easy to do and will add a great ambiance to our front yard!
Labels: Fake Pumpkin Dioramas 2009
