Pumpkin crafts are associated with overseas Halloween. It is celebrated only one night a year and is dedicated to witchcraft powers. Traditionally, it is customary to carve a head out of a pumpkin with an ominous smile, after which a burning candle is set inside. Pumpkin houses are gaining popularity. A lighting device is also placed inside each. Today's master class is dedicated to several of these crafts.
Pumpkin House for the Gnome
The house for the gnome is often found in English, Scottish literature. Children of our country can be interested in this craft based on the famous fairy tale by Chipollino. For example, instruct the children to make a house for Uncle Pumpkin.
Materials and tools: medium-sized ripe pumpkin, felt-tip pen, knife, spoon, candle and matches, decor items (moss, branches, cones, acorn caps, stones), instant glue.
Stage 1
A pumpkin of the right size is washed and thoroughly wiped dry. Set on the table.
Stage 2
Felt-tip pens on a crust draw windows and a door.
Stage 3
With a knife, under the supervision of an adult, windows and a door are cut out in a pumpkin. An ordinary tablespoon of pumpkin is taken out, the juicy pulp is scraped out. From it you can cook porridge. Therefore, it is better not to throw it away.
The inner walls of the pumpkin house are carefully scraped and wiped with a cloth if there is juice.
Stage 4
The crust around the windows and doors is a little cut off, as in the picture.
Stage 5
The resulting pumpkin house is decorated with moss, bumps, a cap from acorns and pebbles. All this can be fixed to glue.
A burning candle is installed inside. So it turned out a wonderful house. By the way, children will like to play with this house, if the door can be opened and closed if desired.
DIY pumpkin caravan
The caravan is like a pumpkin carriage from the tale of Cinderella. But in this craft there are no horses and coachman. The design is simple. A small, clever child who knows how to work with a knife can also make it. A toy plastic knife is allowed.
Materials and tools: a small pumpkin, small squash 4 pcs., Large carrots 1 pc., A piece of cardboard for the pipe, wooden slats 2 pcs. for wheels, felt-tip pen, knife, spoon, seasoning - 1 clove, glue, candle, matches.
Stage 1
For this craft, the pumpkin is selected in a small size. Otherwise, the house will be with great difficulty moving on wheels or even not be able to. Pumpkin is washed and dried.
Stage 2
On the crust, a felt-tip pen draws windows and a door.
Stage 3
A knife in a pumpkin cuts out drawn holes.
Stage 4
At this stage, pulp is removed from the pumpkin with a spoon. It is recommended to cover the house for two days with dense layers of old newspapers. This will help get rid of excess juice and moisture.
Stage 5
At the bottom of the house, 4 holes for an axle with wheels are cut out of a pumpkin. Wooden slats are inserted into the holes. Their excess length is cut off. Wheels of squash are worn on the ends of the rails. The design is checked for mobility on a horizontal plane.
Stage 6
A pipe is installed in the upper part of the house. It can be made of cardboard. Even a thick stick of suitable size and thickness will do.
Stage 7
The craft is decorated with carrot slices made from round slices. In this case, carrots are better suited, as the longest of vegetables keeps their shape, color, does not weather, and does not dry out.
Stage 8
To top it off, a clove seasoning handle is mounted on the door. It is recommended to stick it.
The pumpkin house is ready. A burning candle is placed inside.
Lagenaria Pumpkin House
From lagenarium they make simple musical instruments, lanterns and houses for fairy-tale characters. It is important to dry the pumpkin thoroughly. In this case, it will last several years, and maybe decades.
Materials and tools: pumpkin, straws, jute rope, brushes of dry viburnum and shrubs, glue, sticks and tablets, pebbles, wine corks, acorns, dry leaves, multi-colored acrylic paint, tray, scissors, knife, pencil, ice cream sticks, plasticine , pieces of colorful fabric.
Stage 1
A small tray is placed on the desktop. Dry leaves from the forest are laid out on it and glued to the tray.
Stage 2
A pumpkin is placed on the tray and also glued.
Stage 3
In the upper part, the vegetable is wrapped with a jute rope and a straw 10-15 cm long. To fix the straw, the pumpkin is wrapped twice with a rope and a straw is applied to it. All straws are wrapped in a rope. No glue required.
Stage 4
A circle with a diameter of 5 cm is made of rope. It is glued to a pumpkin. This will be a window simulation. A cross of their ropes is glued in the center of the circle, as in the picture.
Stage 5
A ladder is made of rope and sticks 5 cm long. It is enough to make 3 ladders. Glue is required only when fixing the ladder under the window on the pumpkin.
Stage 6
Above the fabulous window, two branches with dry Kalinka and irga are stuck into a bundle of straw.
Stage 7
Pebbles are piled up under the ladder. It will be a stone staircase to the house. All the stones are glued together and firmly connected to the tray.
Stage 8
The door to the house is made of ice cream sticks. Four sticks are glued to each other with two transverse sticks. The resulting door joins the pumpkin on an adhesive base.
Stage 9
Birdhouse masters from the acorn. The hat is decorated with red acrylic paint. A hole is made in the seed, as in birdhouses. The birdhouse is glued onto a stick that is set in stones. You can use glue for stones.
A thin branch is inserted into the acorn, like a perch. Their plasticine is sculpted by a bird and landed on a perch before entering the birdhouse.
The whole structure with a bird and a birdhouse is attached near the house. If desired, you can make another bird and put it on the roof of the house.
Stage 10
In front of the pumpkin house there is a gazebo. From bottle caps put a table and chairs. They stick to the tray. A small piece of cloth is spread on the table. A teapot is molded from plasticine and glued to the table, like a piece of cloth.
Stage 11
From acorns, little men are mastering themselves. Hats are painted with acrylic paint. The neck can be tied with pieces of fabric, as if with scarves. Acrylic black paint is used to paint eyes and smiles on toys. The legs are made of small pebbles.
Stage 12
Stones are scattered around the arbor. They all stick to the tray.
So the pumpkin house is ready. People are advised not to stick to the structure. Thus, children will be able to play with miniature fairy-tale characters, changing their places.
