Papier-Mache Pumpkins

By rejadez

The stairway in an entry hall is an appropriate spot to display graduated sizes of handmade paper jack-o'-lanterns.

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Ingredients

Step 1
Shaping and Pasting
Begin by resting a balloon on an empty jar. Dab wheat paste on a small section of the balloon, and drape a strip of orange tissue paper vertically from the balloon's crown to its knot. Using a paintbr
Step 2
Drying
Using clothespins, hang balloons from the clothesline by their knots; let them dry. When they are dry, pop each balloon with a snip of a scissors as you hold the knot. Remove the balloon through the h

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Preparation

Step 1

Empty jars
Wheat paste, $3.30, dickblick.com
Orange and yellow tissue paper, createforless.com
Paintbrush
Clothespins and clothesline
Utility knife, createforless.com
Manicure or sewing scissors, createforless.com
Floral wire, createforless.com
Floral tape, createforless.com
Cotton balls
Pencil
Masking tape
Craft glue, marthastewartcrafts.com
Needle
Black crepe paper, dickblick.com
Protective gloves
White and black card stock