SECOND POST TODAY - PUMPKIN BASKET TUTORIAL

PUMPKIN TREAT BASKETS

You will need:

- Plastic trick or treat buckets

- Orange & black crepe paper

- Mod Podge or other favorite white glue that dries clear

- Paper towel core

- Wire for handle

- Black glitter

- Small piece of thin cardboard

Step 1. Remove plastic handle from pumpkin

Step 2. Cut strips of orange crepe paper that cover height of pumpkin plus a little extra to tuck inside and the bottom.

Step 3. Cover pumpkin with glue and gently press crepe strip covering entire pumpkin. Make sure to push the paper into the grooves and face, it may tear but it will be covered. You can do more than one layer. I like Mod Podge because it gives a nice finish.

Step 4. Add your wire handle, it is much easier to do at this stage.

Step 5. If you are good and have the patience to paper mache the inside of your pumpkin, great! I did not. I used a paper towel core covered in black crepe paper and inserted it into the pumpkin giving it a nice finished look. The core may be too wide for your pumpkin, simply cut down the length and overlap if needed.

Step 6. Using a small paint brush fill the indentations of face with glue and sprinkle with black glitter. If you have a glue pen it works great. Be sure your pumpkin is completely dry! A dry q-tip works great for cleaning up excess glitter. I also added a glitter around the opening of the pumpkin and the edge of the paper. After all you can never add enough glitter...

Step7. Cut small circle from the card board the same size as the bottom of the pumpkin. Cover with black crepe and form a ruffle collar around the circle. Adhere to the bottom of your pumpkin and you are done!

Lots of steps but very easy to do and it goes really fast if you are making a bunch at a time. I wrote this very quick if you have any questions let me know.

Have more fun stuff to show you later!

Best wishes,

Tammy