Paper pumpkin with their own hands

Halloween is a holiday now celebrated almost everywhere. His attributes - scary carnival masks, costumes of demons, bats, decorative spiders and web. The main symbol is considered to be such an autumn vegetable, like a pumpkin. From the present, if you cut the pulp with seeds and put it inside the bulb, the original Halloween lantern will come out. A homemade paper pumpkin will become a candy box or a unique gift with different content.

What symbolizes the main attribute of the holiday - pumpkin

A pumpkin with slots in the form of a face, a candle or a lantern inside is the so-called Jack Lantern. The history of its origin is as follows. According to the legend, the blacksmith Jack, who once lived on earth, who, because he was deceiving both God and the Devil, was not allowed into Heaven or Hell after his death. Waiting for the Day of Judgment, Jack wandered around the world, lighting the way with coal, which he put in an empty pumpkin. So pumpkin lamp has become a symbol of the soul's search for the right path to purification. According to others, this design means that the harvest is over, and it is time to celebrate - draw or cut faces on pumpkins, wear festive costumes, collect sweets.


    

Paper Pumpkin

Homemade paper pumpkin is made from narrow strips of orange. For work you will need:

  • orange colored paper;
  • double sided green paper;
  • pencil;
  • scotch tape or stapler;
  • scissors.

Working process:

  • an orange A4 sheet is cut into transverse strips 2-2.5 cm wide;
  • each strip is bent in half;
  • two of them are folded crosswise, and from above two more are at an angle of forty-five degrees;
  • between each two strips one more is inserted;
  • parts are fastened with a stapler or tape;
  • a bag of sweets or other sweets is inserted in the middle;
  • upper tips are fastened over the surprise;
  • a strip is cut from a green leaf, wound on a pencil;
  • after the leaves are cut out, all the greens are glued to the top of the pumpkin.

There is another way - the hollow inside the pumpkin with a hat in the technique of origami. To create a design, you need two identical squares: one orange, the second - any other color scheme.

How to do it in stages:

  • the square is folded along both diagonals;
  • unfolds, turns over, bends in half twice - in the middle there is an intersection of four fold lines;
  • the square is shaped like an umbrella - a small square with a diagonal is formed, to which the sidewalls are bent;
  • the same is done on the other side;
  • the sharp top of the figure bends down, forming a pentagon, and then in the other direction;
  • the product unfolds - a square plane is obtained, perpendicular to the triangle from above;
  • corners of the square can be bent or cut off - you get a pumpkin hat.

    

After the base or head is made:

  • need an orange square, with a side of not less than 20 cm, it is folded to obtain four fold lines;
  • sidewalls are folded to the diagonals, and then straightened;
  • in the furthest corners of the lower corners, the sides are also bent to the middle;
  • the resulting corners unbend and unfold - a pentagon forms on top;
  • the same thing is done on the other side, and then two more times;
  • it turns out a rhombus, the top of which is bent to the center, in turn on each side, straightened;
  • the lower corners also bend to obtain a pentagon;
  • the construction is being straightened, a face is drawn and cut around one of the diagonals;
  • the product is assembled so as to form a bottom-polygon;
  • all corners are bent towards the center to obtain a bowl shape;
  • a tasty surprise or a light-candle on a battery is put inside;
  • on top of a hat is worn, which is fixed with glue or tape.

Bulk pumpkin

Another handicraft in the form of a pumpkin can be easily made even by a child. Would need:

  • a sheet with a small pattern;
  • glue stick;
  • glue gun;
  • scissors;
  • simple pencil;
  • craft paper;
  • toothpick.

How to do it step by step:

  • you should draw six circles-blanks, cut them;
  • parts fold in half, glue together;
  • the bottom is slightly trimmed to make a pumpkin;
  • the toothpick is wrapped in green kraft paper, the tip is folded in the form of a tail, inserted into the base, fixed with a glue gun.

    

Templates are allowed not only round, but also more suitable - slightly flattened on both sides.

Pumpkin from old book

It is easy to make a voluminous pumpkin for Halloween, autumn interior design of a room from a thick unnecessary book.

From materials, tools will need:

  • Old book;
  • A4 sheet;
  • simple pencil;
  • sharp scissors;
  • stationery knife;
  • PVA glue;
  • pumpkin-colored paint in a can;
  • sprig;
  • green ribbon

What do we have to do:

  • on the sheet to draw the outline of a pumpkin, as an option - bend it in half and draw a half;
  • then from the book you should tear off the cover, put a pumpkin blank bent in half on the top sheet, circle a pencil;
  • then you need to take a pair of scissors and cut it out — to make it neatly, cut out four to six pages at a time;
  • The excess part of the binding is cut off with a clerical knife;
  • the first page of the book is glued to the last, pressed;
  • so that the pumpkin is stable and does not fall, several more pages are glued together in different places in the same way;
  • all petals need to be straightened well to make the design smooth;
  • after that, using a spray paint from a balloon, paint all the “petals” or only their outer parts;
  • then a twig or twig is taken, with the help of glue it is attached in the middle of the binding;
  • they tie a bow of green ribbon on a branch, straighten it - and pumpkin is ready.

    
    

Making a garland of pumpkin lanterns

These lanterns will look like New Year's, which are hung on the Christmas tree. They are cut out of orange paper, bent in half lengthwise, making cuts from the middle, but not reaching the edge of two or three centimeters. The sheet is unbent, glue the short sides together. Smiling marker-like faces are drawn with a black marker on each pumpkin flashlight. In the upper part two holes are made through which a thick thread is passed.

The garland will look even more original, if you alternate large and small lanterns or slightly corrugate the design in several places.

Papier Mache Pumpkin

For the manufacture of such a product, very similar to a real pumpkin, you will need:

  • round balloon;
  • thick thread;
  • paper - newsprint, toilet or "in the cell";
  • water;
  • glue;
  • orange and green paint;
  • paper knife or manual jigsaw.

How to do:

  • you need to inflate the ball, but not too tight;
  • to wrap a ball with a string to make characteristic banners;
  • the construction is first glued with one or two layers of napkins moistened with water, then with five or six layers impregnated with glue;
  • leave the top not glued over, from where the ball will fall, the tail will be inserted;
  • to make the construction stronger, more textured, it is treated with a mass of papier-mâché - finely torn napkins are poured with hot water, waiting for swelling, adding glue, paint;
  • the ball is pierced or blown away, if it is still needed, the pumpkin is smeared outside with the prepared composition, dried;
  • the tail is made from a pre-colored twisted newspaper or a suitable sprig;
  • after the top of the pumpkin is cut with a knife or jigsaw, the inside is made of papier-mâché;
  • the finished construction is varnished, decorated with sequins, a rope is passed to hang in the room and carried on the shoulder. You can cut through the eyes, nose and mouth, to provide a lamp - you get a full festive lamp.

    
    
    

Conclusion

The original Halloween pumpkin, made by hand from paper, any other material, is carried out according to ready-made schemes from online magazines or is invented independently. It is easy for pumpkins to decorate their fancy dress, any room where the holiday will take place, a design with a "sweet filling" - to give to friends, relatives, as well as to everyone who celebrates All Saints Day.

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