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Pumpkin Patch

Add this fun festive decoration to your fall parties or use it as a craft for kids parties.

Supplies needed to craft one pumpkin for your patch:

    •1 Orange 11” balloon
    •Green curling ribbon
    •Green crepe paper for leaves
    •Leaf pattern
    •Balloon pump

Assembly:

1. Inflate one 11” orange balloon between 6 and 8 inches. Vary sizes for your pumpkin

    patch. 

2. Cut 3 yards of green curling ribbon to create sections and trailing vine.

3. Tie green curling ribbon to the neck of balloon, leaving a 12” tail.
4. Holding the balloon to your chest, wrap the ribbon around the circumference while 

    pushing on the balloon to flatten it.
5. Wrap the ribbon around the neck a couple of times and then back around the balloon

    again forming a section. Fig. 12
6. Repeat two more times, ending at the neck and tying to the first ribbon tail. Your pumpkin

    should have eight sections.

7. Curl the ribbon of the short tail. You should be left with close to 24" of ribbon for the

    trailing vine.  If you want a smaller trailing vine, then cut the ribbon to your desired

    length. Fig. 13

8. Cut out leaf patterns on crepe paper and and tie to the top of the pumpkin and along the

    tails. See pattern below.

Leaf Pattern: Double click on graphic for full pattern, then print and use as a template to cut out leaves.

Variations: I always like trying different variations on projects. Here are some ideas.

1. White pumpkins are in, so use a white balloon and orange ribbon.

2. Purple is also becoming a popular Halloween color so to use your pumpkin patch for a

    Halloween party, wrap orange balloons with purple curling ribbon.

3. For a scary Halloween patch, mix in black pumpkin balloons with white or orange ribbon

    and carefully use tacky glue to top it with some plastic spiders.  

In the featured photo I used burlap material underneath my patch to make it look more earthy. You can also scatter straw or sit some on and around a mini straw bale.

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