Carving and Decorating Faux Pumpkins

Materials and Tools

foam pumpkins
permanent marker
card stock (optional)
low tack painter's tape (optional)
knife
battery-operated tea light
craft foam
scissors
foam glue
craft paint
glitter
embellishments (feathers, pompoms, etc.)
vase or urn

Steps:

1. Carving a foam pumpkin: Draw a face on your pumpkin. You can either freehand a design or create a pattern on card stock and tape it to the pumpkin to trace.

2. Carve out the face with a knife, cutting away your pen marks. Cut the top off of the pumpkin.

3. Use only battery-operated tea lights inside of foam pumpkins, as they can be flammable.

4. Make a glitzy pumpkin witch: Paint a face on your pumpkin and add glitter. Embellish the pumpkin with things like feathers, pompoms, etc.

5. Line the rim of a vase or urn with feathers and set the pumpkin on top.

6. Create a crazy foam face pumpkin: Cut shapes from craft foam and use foam glue to stick them to the pumpkin.

7. Have your child sign the bottom of the pumpkin for a holiday heirloom that will last for years.