This cute pumpkin
puppet is made out of an old tennis ball! The project is not very hard
to do, but an adult must help and do all the cutting. Children will
enjoy painting the pumpkin and adding on all the facial features. The
pumpkin can be made to “talk” by squeezing the
sides of the pumpkin.
Things Needed:
- An old tennis ball
- Knife
- Orange paint
- Black Marker or black paint
- Black construction paper and scissors
(optional)
- Green pipe cleaner
- Nail
1. Cut a
slit in the tennis ball for the mouth, about 2.5 inches wide. Use a
sharp knife to do this.
2. Paint
the tennis ball orange, and allow to dry.
3. Use
markers or paint, to make the pumpkin's eyes and nose. Or, you can cut
out black construction paper triangles and glue them on, as I did
below. Use a black marker or paints to draw around the slit, making it
look more like a mouth by making a smile, frown, scrowl, etc.
4. Use a
green pipe cleaner to make the pumpkin stem. Begin by folding the pipe
cleaner in half about one inch from the top (see photo).
5. Take
the stem and bring it across and over perpendicular and begin to twist
it into a leaf. Take a look at the photos below which demonstrates how
to do this.
6. An adult can punch a hole in the top of the pumpkin using a nail,
and then the stem can be pushed in this hole. Your pumpkin is done! You
can make him “talk” by squeezing the sides of the
tennis ball.
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