3-D Fall Pumpkin

By Tracy Sikkink

To make a fun fall pumpkin, you will need: a ruler, four 8 1/2″ (21.6 cm) square pieces of orange construction paper, a pencil, scissors, four 8 1/2″ (21.6 cm) square pieces of black construction paper, glue, and a piece of green construction paper.

1. Stack the four pieces of orange construction paper; fold the stack in half.

2. Draw half the shape of a pumpkin on the top paper, starting at the fold (see illustration). Then cut out the pumpkin through all the thicknesses at once, but don’t cut the folds. (You may need an older person’s help cutting through the paper thicknesses.)

   

3. Draw an outline of the pumpkin’s eyes, nose, and mouth on each orange paper. (Each one may have a different face.) Cut them out (see illustration).

   

4. Glue a piece of black paper to one side of each pumpkin face and cut off the extra paper around the edge. Crease the black paper by refolding each pumpkin.

5. Stand the four pumpkins up with the folds in the center, the faces facing out. Then glue half of a pumpkin’s black side to half of the next pumpkin’s black side. Repeat this procedure until all the pumpkin halves are glued together (see illustration).

   

6. Draw four leaves with short stems on the green paper, cut them out, and glue them to the top of the pumpkin.