If you do need to use a photo in landscape, make sure that the lettering takes up about 50% of the entire photo.
We started out by making the base out of newspaper, packing tape, and a couple of sticks from the yard.. We scrunched and wrapped the paper in tape around the stick until we had a pumpkinish shape..If you’re having trouble locating the pumpkin shape in this picture, don’t worry.
Kennedy and Chris are here to help.. We mixed up a solution of roughly 1 part white glue to 1 part water.. Kennedy got herself set up on the kitchen floor with some newspaper and paper towels strips and then got to work.She dipped each strip in the gluey water and smooshed it onto the pumpkin shape.Who doesn’t love the feeling of squishing glue between their fingers?.
In the end, we had a couple of pumpkins that looked like this!We left them to dry on some plastic wrap for about 2 days, or until they were as hard as rock.. We used some orange and black paint to make them a little bit festive and that was it!.
They don’t look half bad when they’re grouped together with a whole bunch of real pumpkins in the mudroom..
This little mini guy was my test pumpkin.Maybe next year.
Maybe.. Lucky for us the old owners left behind a whole bunch of amazing garden tools for us, which made the job really fun.. A rusty old red wheelbarrow.You know getting to use something as cool as this would make even the most reluctant gardener at least a little tempted to get to work..
I actually used a pitch fork!For something other than just posing for funny pictures!.