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3) Working your way all the way around the
toilet paper, neatly tuck the fabric into the
center of the toilet paper roll.
4) Cut a 3" x 6" piece of craft paper.
Starting at one of the 3" ends, roll the paper
to form a tube which will be you stem. Run
a glue stick across the other 3" end before you
finish rolling the craft paper to secure it in
place.
5) Using the leaf pattern provided, trace and
cut out one leaf from green felt.
6) Lay the stem on top of the leaf.
Securely wrap one end of the green pipecleaner
around both the stem and the leaf. Curl
the other end of the pipecleaner by wrapping it
around either a pencil or chopstick, then slide
the chopstick/pencil out.
Lay the stem on top of leaf |
Attach the stem and leaf together
with a pipecleaner |
Twist the pipecleaner securely.
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Wrap the pipecleaner around a
chopstick to create a vine. |
7) Place the end of the stem/leaf piece into
the center of the roll of toilet paper and your
pumpkin is ready to display.
Note: I did not glue my fabric in place
but if your pumpkin is going to be handled
frequently you may want to glue the fabric as
you tuck it into the center of your toilet paper
roll. I would use tacky glue for this.
 Optional:
For a more rounded pumpkin, use an empty toilet
paper roll and some polyester fiberfill in place
of the full roll of toilet paper. To make
your pumpkin this way, follow the steps above
except substitute the empty roll of toilet paper
for the full roll and simply place Fiberfill all
around the empty tube until you achieve the
desired fullness.
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