Pumpkin Crafts for Halloween 2016
How can you imagine the celebration of the Day of Allsaints, or Halloween, without pumpkins and scary costumes? From the pumpkin, traditionally make Jack's lantern - a small lamp, which must drive away evil spirits from home. But after all, crafts made of pumpkins for Halloween are not limited to a carved lantern. There are so many different ideas that you can use to decorate your house for a holiday.
Recently, there has been a trend in the United States thatPumpkins are beginning to decorate the house for a couple of weeks before the celebration of Halloween. In this case, crafts for Halloween do not have to be creepy. More and more people prefer quieter decorations. But nevertheless, without lights, Jack also does not do.
Lantern Jack with a spout
Traditionally, to make a pumpkin lantern, inThe walls of the fetus must be cut out of the nose, mouth and eyes. But often it happens that there is no time to fiddle with a pumpkin, especially if you need several lamps. In this case, you can take advantage of the idea of Jack's lantern with a long hooked nose.
To make such an unusual lantern, cut offknife top of the pumpkin, remove all the seeds and, if possible, as best as possible, clean the flesh of the fruit from the inside. Cut out two triangles on the spot. Instead of a nose, cut out a small round hole. Now in this hole, insert a long or short thin carrot or the parsnip root. The latter is better suited for pumpkins of light color. Your unusual lantern Jack with a spout is ready. You can put these pumpkins at the doorstep of the house so that they meet the guests.
Pumpkins with mice
Another idea for crafting for Halloween is itshands - it's a pumpkin with mice. The principle of this craft from the pumpkin is the same as with the lantern of Jack. Only instead of an ominous face in the pulp pulp should be cut round holes. The larger the pumpkin used, the more holes you can cut. Do not overdo it!
So, with a knife, cut off the top of the pumpkin,the inside of the fruit. When finished, cut round holes on all sides of the pumpkin. Put the mice in these holes. Live mice do not need to plant, and you can do toy. For example, you can buy several mice in the cat goods department. There are always selling toy mice that look exactly like real ones. You can leave ready-made pumpkins at home or take them out to the yard to decorate the garden.
City of Pumpkins
At home you can build a whole city of pumpkins thatwill glow with its lights at night. It is very easy to make such a city. Cut the bottom of each pumpkin for the city (for the lanterns always cut off the top), remove the seeds. On paper, prepare templates for houses, cut them out and attach them to pumpkins. Circle each template with a marker. Then remove the template and cut the parts of the pumpkin along the lines of windows and doors with a sharp knife.
Now you only need to paint over the insidepart of the template with black acrylic paint. Allow the paint to dry completely, after which you can collect your own city from pumpkins in the finished composition. For best effect, put a battery-powered candle in each pumpkin. Ordinary candles can also be used.
By the way, the idea of chopping pumpkinsUse it if you want to make unusual ornaments. For example, on painted with beige paint pumpkins you can draw black spiders with cobwebs, cockroaches or huge beetles. Do not want terrible bugs? You can draw any other patterns: geometric, floral or even write different messages!
If you like the natural color morepumpkin, then decorate the fruit you can with carving. In this case, you can choose any pattern that you want to cut. First, transfer the pattern of the future drawing to the skin of the pumpkin, then cut the flesh with the knife. Also it is possible to go deeper and on the put pattern completely to cut out walls of a pumpkin. In this case, you will get Jack's lantern with intricate patterns. These can be fire tongues, stars, moon, leaves or inscriptions. Anything you want!
