Pumpkins are a must for fall decorating, especially as Halloween approaches. You can use them as part of your table decoration or with yoursDecorate your balcony for autumn. But the pumpkin is not only pretty to look at, but is also great for crafting. You may have already noticed thatFairy gardens becoming increasingly popularbecome. And just like ours, their houses can be decorated seasonally. Today we will introduce you to two great craft ideas with pumpkins and show you how you can use them to build magical fairytale houses as fall decorations or for Halloween.
Craft ideas with pumpkin: Make magical pumpkin decorations yourself
If you are looking for a cool onenew Halloween decoration ideathis fun DIY project is for you. You can also involve your children and let them express their creativity. Little ones will love creating something new with their hands. All you have to do is decide whether or not they are still too small to carve the pumpkins. Smaller children can still help you decorate and glue.
Make detailed fairy houses out of real pumpkins
It will sure be fun to imagine fairies in these little pumpkin houses. The pumpkin houses can be decorated with purchased mushroom, gnome and fairy figurines, as well as other things that nature provides in abundance such as pine cones, moss, flowers and leaves.
Atmospheric autumn decoration for the table
If you want to transform your garden or living room into a fairytale autumn landscape for Halloween, you should definitely try these next craft ideas! Let your imagination run wild and try to create an original arrangement that will not only beautify your outdoor space but also create a festive atmosphere indoors.
Craft ideas with pumpkin: Make a Halloween pumpkin house (without carving)
Before you start with this cool craft idea, you should of course get the necessary materials. You will need a medium-sized pumpkin, twigs, moss, pine cones, dried flowers, acorns and other natural material of your choice. Also a roll of gauze bandages, acrylic paint, a brush, craft glue, black and white tissue paper and some wire.
To make the pumpkin look like a small house, it should have a door, two windows and a matching roof. To make the windows you will need a few pieces of tissue paper cut into the desired shape and thin twigs. Cut the branches to the desired length and glue them around the paper to form the window frames.
Once the windows are finished, they can be glued to the pumpkin. Place them where you want them! How many windows you want depends mostly on the size of the pumpkin you use.
Now it's time to make the door. It consists of a few branches glued together and cut into the shape of a door. And because it's the little things that make the big difference, we recommend making a cute door handle out of a small, orange bead. Using black marker, draw a pumpkin face to mimic Jack O'Lantern.
Your pumpkin house needs a suitable roof, which can be made from several pinecone scales. To remove these, you can pluck them or cut them off with scissors. Glue all the scales to the top of the pumpkin, overlapping them slightly to look like real roof tiles. Be patient, it will take some time!
Cute homemade ghosts can complete your decorative Halloween arrangement. These are super easy to make using a piece of gauze, a twig and transparent elastic, as shown in the picture below. If you stick them in the ground in front of your cottage, the ghosts will look like they are flying through the air.
Give your homemade Halloween decorations an even more original look and think about which onesfurther detailsYou can add something else, such as a small pebble path, decorative mushrooms, a witch's broom, etc. A mini clay pot filled with moss looks good here to the right of the entrance door.
And your pumpkin house is ready!
Carve a cute one-story pumpkin house
You can build any type of pumpkin house you want – single story, two story, or three story. You are the architect! You don't have to stick to the models you see in this article. It's just to show you how to carve pumpkin houses in different ways. Single story elf houses are the easiest to build without having to do a lot of cutting and carving.
Make a two-story pumpkin fairy house with kids
A two-story pumpkin fairy house can easily be built with three pumpkins - two small and one large. First, all pumpkins should be hollowed out. Then use a chisel to carve different textures into the pumpkins to create doors and windows.
The floor plan
The large pumpkin will be the main floor, while a small pumpkin will be the entrance and the other will be the first floor.
Keep the pumpkins together
The pumpkins are connected to each other using bamboo skewers or toothpicks. This connection is not rock-solid, but you can transport them easily without them falling apart. The places where the pumpkins were connected need to be covered with dry moss to make the fairy houses look more realistic.
The roof covering
The roof uses shingles made from a large pine cone to give it a natural look. The chimney is made of firewood, which gives the little pumpkin house a rustic charm.
Carving the windows
Even the window frames are made with bamboo skewers, and colorful corn kernels can be used for decoration and other details on the window frames.
More pumpkin fairy garden craft ideas
You can make as many pumpkin houses as you want. The best thing is if you place them in your garden or in front of the house. You can also decorate the inside of the pumpkin houses with battery-operated fairy lights to make them look like real fairytale houses at night. You can also add other miniature objects such as steps, ladders, flower pots and benches to make the landscape around the fairy house even more realistic.In this articleyou can check out some ideas from salt dough.
With a string of lights inside, the fairy house becomes an eye-catcher even in the evening
An elf door is super easy to make out of popsicle sticks
