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Make this table topping pumpkin with paper strips and pom poms.

Gather Tools and Materials

 
Construction Paper
Pom Poms
Craft Glue
Clear Tape
Scissors
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Let's Get Started!

 

1
Cut orange strips.

Fold a piece of orange construction paper in half four times and cut out eight equal strips.
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2
Mark the center.

Fold each strip in half and mark the center.
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3
Make a small t.

Make a small t with two orange strips and glue them together.
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4
Make a small t, again.

Make a small t with two other orage strips and glue them together.
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5
Glue small t's together.

Glue the two t’s together to make an eight-pointed star. Tip: Use the four strips left over to make a second pumpkin!
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6
Loop strips.

Bring two ends of the bottom-most strip to meet and tape them together to make a loop.
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7
Build your pumpkin.

Do this to the remaining strips. Make sure to attach all of the loops together as you stack on top of each other.
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8
Glue pom poms.

Glue two green pom poms together.
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9
Cut out pumpkin face.

Cut out two triangles and a mouth from a piece of black construction paper.
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10
Glue on your pumpkin face.

Glue the triangles and mouth onto your pumpkin.
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11
Attach pom poms.

Glue the pom poms to the top of the pumpkin.
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