photo credit: Franklin Park Library

I wanted to share this super quick super easy way that you can make cute pumpkins that can be hung all over the house or maybe even at your childrens school.

What you need:

• Large Piece orange felt
• Small Piece black felt
• Small green wire about 18 gauge
• Fabric or felt glue
• Black or orange embroidery floss
• Batting or cotten balls

Instructions:

1. Cut two circles out of the orange felt.
2. Cut the nose, mouth,stem and eyes out of the black felt
3. Glue the nose, eyes, and mouth to the face of pumpkin
4. Take black floss and stich two circles together
5. Add stem to ton the top of pumpkin between the two circles. At the top and bottom of the pumpkin make the stickes a little tighter to make a pucker affect.
6. Leave small opening near the bottom and insert stuffing just to fill the pumpkin nicely but you don’t want it too huge.
7. Stitch closed
8. Take smalle piece of wire. Wind wire around a pencil and make like a coil or loose spring effect.
9. Put a little bit of glue at each end and then stick between the pieces of orange felt. Hold down and make sure glue dries completely.

TaDa It is complete. You have a beautiful stuffed pumpkin. Hand made and something you should be very proud of.