Button Pumpkin

By Allie Gower on September 29, 2013 in Home Decor, Kids Crafts, Paper Crafts

How about a Button Pumpkin for your door? This will be fun to do with the kids.

I used Hot Glue, but the kids could easily use a Craft Glue or Glue Dots.

Supplies for Making Button Pumpkin:

Buttons – Tangerine Tango, Outrageous Orange, Hand Dyed Buttons
Cardstock – Ponderosa Pine, Autumn Terracotta
Adhesive – Adtech Hot Glue and Glue Sticks, Dimensional Foam Tape (3M)
SVG – Fall Bear (enlarged to 300%)
Copic Marker (for shading on leaf and stem)

Instructions:

Cut paper pieces for pumpkin. Lightly trace center of pumpkin as a guideline.
Place buttons on bottom half – the outer edges, and glue into place. Add small buttons on top of other buttons for added interest and to hide some of the paper.
Create the center panel. Adhere buttons. Attach to pumpkin using dimensional foam tape – you may need a few layers.
Add stem and leaf. Draw “veins” on leaf and shade to add interest.

Project Note:

If you do use hot glue and you have a lot of strands of glue and messy areas, just hit them with a hair dryer or heat embossing tool – they’ll melt away – easy peasy. If you do not have an electronic cutter, print one offline onto cardstock or trace, or be brave and draw one by hand.

Enjoy. Happy Fall Y’all!