Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Paper Plate Pumpkin Shaker Craft


My youngest two wanted a craft to do, yesterday. So, I turned to a Kaboose stand-by craft (at least I think it was Kaboose, I can't find it now).

I know the one I saw, involved painting a couple of paper plates orange, and then stapling them together, with a paper stem between them, and lacing bells around the outside.

I had paper bowls, instead of plates, and more orange tissue paper, than paint, so I had the girls paint their bowls with watered down glue, and then stick the tissue paper on, to cover the bottom sides of the bowls.



Once, they had dried, for the most part, we glued on stems, I had pre-cut, from construction paper (one stem per pumpkin).


The girls added a handful of pumpkin seeds (we didn't have any bells on hand, either).


I stapled them together.


And, the girls were ready to join the pumpkin percussion section of the fall orchestra - now if we could just conquer the pumpkin vine flute, we could really make some music.


It's great to be a homeschooler.
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13 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:06 AM

    OK-seriously-pumpkin seeds make SO MUCH MORE SENSE for a PUMPKIN shaker! Love it!

    (P.S. I am SO GLAD you "are in" for Bible Alive! Tuesday- I was crossing my fingers you would participate, because I ALWAYS get so many great ideas from your blog. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!)

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  2. DebbieSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:31 AM

    This is such a cute idea. The girls look so proud of their pumpkins shakers.

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  3. Christy KilloranSeptember 28, 2010 at 7:55 AM

    The last picture is so sweet.

    Pumpkin seeds are perfect for these shakers!

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  4. Valerie @ Inner Child FunSeptember 28, 2010 at 9:47 AM

    This is great!!! I love how you used pumpkin seeds inside! You're brilliant!

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  5. maryanne @ mama smilesSeptember 28, 2010 at 10:44 AM

    This is super cute! I especially love the use of pumpkin seeds =)

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  6. Natalie PlanetSmartySeptember 28, 2010 at 11:03 AM

    I really like how your shakers turned out - so very festive. I am sure the girls will have a lot of fun playing with it.

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  7. PhyllisSeptember 28, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    I like this a lot. I especially liked the changes you made to it, like the pumpkin seeds inside. I love it!

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  8. TiciaSeptember 28, 2010 at 11:54 AM

    I love that you just went with what's on hand

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  9. Rachel@oneprettything.comSeptember 29, 2010 at 2:03 PM

    Oh how cute! Thanks so much for the great idea, I'll be linking.

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  10. (V.Kerr) School Time AdventuresSeptember 30, 2010 at 10:05 PM

    What a creative idea! I love that you used the seeds!

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  11. Jackie HigginsOctober 1, 2010 at 7:07 AM

    I bet the bowls made them more pumpkin shaped anyway!

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  12. Mom of TwoOctober 5, 2010 at 1:46 PM

    Thanks for the idea. We used it and made our own.
    http://makesthree.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween-crafts.html

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  13. CarolinaOctober 6, 2010 at 1:31 AM

    I think I remember making something like this when I was a kid... but I don't think we were smart enough to use pumpkin seeds... great idea!

    I linked to you at Pumpkin Week:
    http://www.alwaysexpectmoore.com/2010/10/pumpkin-week-daily-dozen_04.html

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