craft felt sheetsolive green, dark brown, Black, Medium brown
acrylic paintbright green
Instructions
Cut the rope to make the different sized jack-o-lanterns. Measure and tape off the rope where you will be cutting it. Tall pumpkin – Cut two ropes. One should 10 inches long and the other should be 12 inches. Small pumpkin – Cut three ropes. One should be 8 inches, one should be 9 1/2 inches, and one should be 11 inches long.Wide pumpkin – Cut four ropes. The first should be six inches, one should be 7 1/2 inches, one should be nine inches, and the last should be 11 inches long.
thick cotton rope, painters tape
Line up the rope and dry fit them together to make sure all of the lengths will work together. Label the ropes at this point with permanent marker so you know where they go.
Add a small dot of hot glue onto the smallest rope. Place the dark orange yarn onto the dot of glue then let it cool for a minute. wrap the orange yarn tightly around the small cotton rope until it’s completely covered in the dark orange yarn.
craft Yarn
Continue to wrap the rest of the cut ropes with the dark orange yarn. Once the yarn is completely wrapped around the rope tie it at the end and add a second dot of hot glue.
Start with the smallest length of rope and add a thin line of hot glue to the top of the rope. Fold the next biggest length on top of the smallest rope nd hold it there for a minute until it cools. Repeat until all of the ropes are glued together. Continue this process until all of the pumkins are finished.
Cut the tape off the end of the rope. Use a comb or brush to make a cute fringe on the end of each pumpkin.
Add stems and leaves to the pumpkins. Download the leaf patterns then print them out and cut the leaf pattern. Use the green felt to trace three leaves. Then on the medium and dark brown felt trace three stems.
craft felt sheets
Next create polka dots on one leaf. Dip a pencil eraser into the brigtht green acrylic paint. Then create a plaid pattern by verticle and horizontal lines with a flat paintbrush. Now glue the light and dark brown stems together using the hot glue gun.
acrylic paint
Hot glue on the leaves and stems on the top of the pumpkins and your pumpkins are finished!
Notes
Make a bunch of small pumpkins then attach the top of the pumpkin to a long rope to use as a spooky garland on coffee tables or mantles. Forgo the felt in place of a wooden stem made from a twig and a leaf made from a painted corn husk. Buy the supplies in bulk so you can make extra to gift your neighbors and friends. Use rubber bands to secure the wrapped ropes while you wait for the glue to dry.