You Won’t Believe This Pumpkin Is Made from a Bottle Cap! 🎃♻️ Best Out of Waste DIY Halloween Decor, by Zad Crafts on YouTube. 8 min 54 s.
- Video length
- 8 min 54 s
- Time to do it
- 30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Steps
- 8
What you need
Steps
Wash the bottle cap and dry it fully. Trace around it on a piece of cardboard and cut out the circle, which becomes the back of your pumpkin.
Cut a square of orange felt about twice the width of the cap. Lay the cap face down in the middle of the felt.
Run a line of craft glue around the rim of the cap. Press the felt down over the cap and smooth out any wrinkles with your fingers.
Fold the felt edges onto the back of the cap and glue them flat. Trim away thick lumps so the back sits even.
Cut five or six lengths of brown yarn. Glue them across the felt from top edge to bottom edge, spaced evenly, to make the pumpkin ridges.
Coil a short piece of green yarn into a small stem and glue it at the top centre. Bend a piece of wire into a curl and glue it beside the stem.
Glue the cardboard circle over the back to hide the felt edges. Add a loop of jute rope at the top if you want to hang the pumpkin.
Press the pumpkin under a heavy book for ten minutes, then let the glue dry fully before hanging or displaying it.
Tips and common mistakes
Use thick tacky glue instead of school glue so the felt and yarn stay stuck.
Cut the felt a little larger than you think you need, then trim the overlap once it is glued down.
Keep your fingers behind the scissor blades when trimming small felt pieces.
Work on scrap paper so glue drips do not mark your table.
Questions
Do I need a special bottle cap?
No. Any clean metal crown cap from a glass bottle works, and a plastic cap is fine too, though glue grips metal better.
Can children make this craft?
Yes, with help on the cutting and gluing. Swap the craft wire for a jute rope curl if the wire feels too sharp.
How do I hang the finished pumpkin?
Glue a short loop of jute rope or wire between the felt and the cardboard back, then let it dry fully before hanging.
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