I wouldn’t classify myself as a “hoarder” per se, but I do have a weak spot for a few things. Tissue paper is one of them. After a birthday party or other celebration, you will find me lovingly rescuing tissue paper from gift bags (which also get reused), smoothing out the wrinkles, and folding it to go into a special drawer. Yes, I have an entire drawer devoted to recycled tissue paper. When I come across craft ideas like this tissue paper halloween pumpkin, it makes me so happy to know that I can simply use what I have on hand.
To make a Tissue Paper Halloween Pumpkin, You Need:
- Orange tissue paper
- White glue (watered down)
- Paintbrush
- Black or yellow construction paper
- Green ribbon (not pictured)
This is a pretty easy Halloween craft for kids, too.
Start by ripping your tissue paper into small, irregular pieces, no bigger than about 2″ x 2″. As you can see, even the baby is “helping” with this one!
Affix the tissue paper pieces to the balloon by brushing on a layer of watered-down glue, pressing the paper on, and then covering with another layer of glue. Overlap the paper to cover all of the balloon.
Since our balloon was a pretty dark color, we did about three layers of tissue paper to make our jack-o-lantern nice and orange.
Cut the jack-o-lantern face out of construction paper and glue to your pumpkin.
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Hang the craft up using green ribbon, and curl some to fall around the top like pumpkin vines.
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