Creative Child September 2024 | Page 9

MATERIALS :
• Orange & Green Construction Paper
• Twigs ( from your backyard or a park )
• Hot Glue Gun
• Scissors
DIRECTIONS :
1 . Fold the orange paper accordian style 4-5 times with folds about 2 ” thick .
2 . Cut the paper at the creases and fold each strip accordian style making some folds wider than others so the strips are various lengths .
3 . Glue the ends of each strip together to make rings .
4 . Fold the creases inwards to make small “ flowers ” and hot glue the centers . Repeat for all rings of paper .
5 . Hot glue the all the pieces now on top of eachother with largest on the bottom and smallest at the top to form a pumpkin shape .
6 . Cut out leaf shapes from your green construction paper and crinkle slightly for texture .
7 . Finally hot glue a piece of twig to the top as well as a few leaves .
Then you ’ re done !