Now that it’s fall, the days are getting a little chillier, but don’t the indoors seem to get a little cozier? We turn on the heater, decorate with the warm colors of autumn, and diffuse our favorite spicy, fall-tastic essential oils! It’s also the perfect time of year to get crafty. These adorable paper pumpkins make a perfect decoration for any room in your home to add a touch of the season.
Paper Pumpkins
What you’ll need:
- Harvest Moon Fall Blend (any of the Fall Blends are great; however, this one is KidSafe)
- 3 pieces 12×12 scrapbook paper
- 1 Pipe cleaner per pumpkin
- Scissors
- Hole punch
- Ruler
What you’ll do:
- Cut 16-24 strips of paper in the following dimensions; Small: 6 inches long by ½ inch wide. Medium: 9 inches long by 3/4 inch wide. Large: 12 inches long by 1 inch wide.
- Punch a small hole near both ends of the paper strips.
- Put one end of the pipe cleaner through the holes in the paper and loop to keep the paper from falling off, pattern side down (at the looped end of the wire).
- Pick up the bottom paper strip and thread the wire through the hole on the other end. Do this in order, bottom strip first.
- Make a tight loop in the pipe cleaner so the paper will stay in place and twist it to curl the ‘vine.’
- To use, place 1 drop of Harvest Moon on the top of each pipe cleaner.
My son loved making these . What a very fun craft to make with kids. Thank you for sharing with us.
This is giving me ideas for other seasons and oils too! SO FUN!
This sounds like a cute idea but I doubt I can entice a 9 year old boy lol
What a cute idea! I am definitely making these with the kiddos! Thank you!
What cute idea for a fall centerpiece! Making these tonight and using my fall blend trio!
We are going to make these as a family craft with my nieces. Thank you
These are so cute definitely spending sometime with the kiddos to make these. Project time!
I admit i am not a crafty person, but i like this one a lot, i think we will try to make this with my daugther 🙂
This is so cute! I am definitely making this easy pumpkin
I love this idea and am saving it to my Pinterest
These are so much fun to make! I love the idea of adding oils.
This is such a good idea. Guess what Nana is going to do today with her Lil monsters!!!
We hope you guys had a blast making these 🙂
I can’t wait to try this with my 6 year old!
Simple and easy. Just the craft I need to do with my four year old today. Love it! We will have pumpkins galore by the end of the day.
Essential oils are a huge part of my life. Cute project! Thank you.
I am so going to try this with my kids
That is really cute! Looks like something I can do with my grandson!!
This is SUCH a good idea!!!! cannot wait to try!
Too cute!! My kiddos will love making these!
Cute Idea! I purcahed the fall set last year and I am still loving them!
This was so fun, we did this as a fun day at work to celebrate national pumpkin day. Everyone had such a good time and loves their pumpkins. Thanks for so many great ideas.
That’s awesome, Phyllis; Thanks for sharing! If you have any pictures, we’d love to see them — just send them to [email protected]! Pictures of people enjoying our DIYs always make us smile 🙂
Placing a drop of oil onto a pipe cleaner is something that I have never thought of before! I cannot wait to try this!
We made several of these paper pumpkins in different colors and sizes for our thanksgiving centerpiece. The kids loved making them and it looked super cute!!!! smelled great too!!!!