Pumpkins masquerading

[shoppemom]

As a mom who hates the mess associated with carving pumpkins, I decided to create pumpkin masks with my little ones instead. Here's a quick pic and instructions. Happy crafting!

Here's what you need:

• Halloween cookie cutter shapes (bat, owl and Frankenstein shown)
• Black or orange ribbon
• Rectangle hole punch (available at most any craft store)
• Craft paper (fall and Halloween colors)
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Double sided tape
• Small pumpkin

I simply picked out a fun cookie cutter, the bat was my favorite, and traced the outline on a piece of craft paper. Once I had the outline, I cut out the shape, punched a rectangle hole on each side and inserted the ribbon tying a knot in each end. Finally I put a piece of double sided tape on the back of the mask and slipped it over my pumpkin pressing the mask in place.

(OpMom.com featured my post too.)

[jaycee1124]

Those are so cute!! Great way to decorate the pumpkin before you carve it too if you want to do both! I love it. :) We have ours sitting on the porch and they'd be even cuter with masks...and then we can take them off to carve them on Halloween!!