scary jack o lantern drawing tall thin pumpkin

#Scary jack o lantern drawing tall thin pumpkin pdf

To sum up the process of making a corpsed foam pumpkin, it’s basically paper mache, then a hardener is added (for sturdiness), then it’s painted, and lastly waterproofed.įirst, gather all the supplies shown below:īe sure to cover your work area with painter’s plastic for easy cleanup. Now it’s time to cut out your jack-o’-lantern. Next, trace around the pattern with a sharpie. I didn’t have a stencil so I just found a picture of a scary one I liked, blew it up larger, then traced it onto my pumpkin.

13-Clear Coat Spray Paint (matte or satin)ĭIY Corpsed Foam Pumpkin Directions: Tracing and Cutting out the Jack-O-Lantern.įirst, cut out the face pattern of your choice and tape it onto the pumpkin.

This usually comes with the resin when you buy it.

You’ll also need hardener drops to mix with the resin to harden.

It has to be stiff enough to hold it’s own shape with wet newspaper hanging from it.

The ratio I used was about 1 bottle of glue for every 3c of water.

(I bought about 7 or 8 225ml sized bottles) You’ll be making a paper mache paste with glue and water.

I used the following colors: pumpkin orange, black, brown, & dark green.

(I found mine on the internet, enlarged it to the size I wanted, then printed it out on 2 sheets of paper).

2-Jack-O-Lantern face pattern for tracing & carving pumpkin if you don’t want to draw your own.

If you want a variety of shapes and sizes to choose from you can go to the Funkin site HERE).

Mine was a ‘Funkin’ at approx 15W x 17H that I found at Hobby Lobby at last year’s ‘end of season’ sale, but you can also buy it at the Funkin site HERE.

Disposable dish or bowl for mixing paint.

Large flat container to dip newspaper into glue mixture (A paint roller tray works great).

Painter’s plastic (to cover table for easy cleanup).

(If you’re corpsed pumpkin is going to be used as the head of my Giant Corn Stalker Scarecrow, you’ll need to use a 2in diameter hole saw to cut the light hole at the bottom of the pumpkin) Basic Supplies:

#Scary jack o lantern drawing tall thin pumpkin pdf

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I used my corpsed pumpkin as the head of my Giant Corn Stalker Scarecrow shown below. If you follow these directions, you too can have a one-of-a-kind, spooky Jack-O-Lantern prop that your neighbors will be envious of.

Best of all, no two corpsed pumpkins are alike. So, what do you think? Can you believe this is awesome, ominous-looking jack-o-lantern was actually made out of a plain ordinary foam pumpkin? These corpsed pumpkins are the perfect prop for anyone to add a lots of creepiness to their yard or haunt on Halloween.