‘Tis the season for Halloween spooks, but don’t let that scare you out of trying a seasonal DIY with your little one. This pumpkin egg carton craft is simple, fun, and will look adorable on the living room mantle or in your kid’s room once it’s finished.
We recommend using the 12 egg carton cups from the Klutz Jr.: My Egg Carton Animals kit, because they’re so easy to work with (no cutting needed, just tear them apart!) — and the kit comes with paint, googly eyes, and more! Plus it gives your child the option to swap a few pumpkins for other characters if they want, like cows, birds, and other farm animals. (See how to make a delightful egg carton animal farm here.)
For more Halloween fun, check out these easy DIY costume headbands and this superhero costume, both of which kids can craft themselves.
Supplies:
- Klutz Jr.: My Egg Carton Animals
- Orange craft paint
- Black craft paint
- Paintbrush
- Scissors (for adult use only)
- Green pipe cleaners
- Glue
Instructions:
1. Set out the egg carton cups from the Klutz Jr.: My Egg Carton Animals kit. They have a nice round shape, perfect for pumpkins!
2. Grown-ups only: Punch a small hole in the top of half of the egg carton pieces with a small scissors’ blade. It should be sized so that a pipe cleaner can fit snugly in place. If the hole ends up being too large, you can add a little glue to help the pipe cleaner stick in Step 6.
3. Paint all of the cups orange and allow to dry.
4. Glue together two of the cups, one with a hole and one without, to make a pumpkin. Hold together until the glue sets, then set aside to dry completely. Repeat until you've used all of the cups.
5. Grown-ups only: Cut the pipe cleaners into 1” to 4” pieces, depending on how long you would like the stems to be.
6. Insert each pipe cleaner into the hole on top of each pumpkin.
7. Using the black paint, add a jack-o-lantern face to each pumpkin and allow to dry.
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