Halloween is the perfect time to get some fun crafts in. Creativity abounds with this fun Halloween Craft Idea. Find out how easy it is to make this adorable Pumpkin Door Hanger with Free Printable Template . 

Pumpkin Door Hanger Halloween Craft Idea

Halloween is such a fun time to make crafts. There’s nothing like easy crafts to bring in this spooky season.  There are so many great options when it comes to spooky fun. Most important there are lots of Halloween Crafts you and your kids can create that have various levels of difficulty.  A perfect example is this Spider Toilet paper roll craft. It is an adorable project that preschoolers – middle schoolers can put their own unique touch on.

There’s so many great projects one can complete during the spookiest time of year. This Pumpkin Door Hanger definitely ticks the easy and fun boxes on my list of crafts Halloween craft ideas. That’s why I love it so much. You can make this a little fancier using the cardstock option or have younger little ones just color the various parts in from the printable template. 

This template also comes with a few different face options to bring out the unique touch in each door hanger. There’s so much fun to be had with this fun Pumpkin Door Hanger Halloween Craft Idea. 

How to make a Pumpkin Door Hanger

What you’ll need:

• Pumpkin Door hanger template
• Cardstock: orange, light green, green  brown and white
• Scissors
• Glue stick

Instructions

1. First print out the template on Cardstock paper.
2. Decide which pieces you’d like for the jack-o- lantern face and cut them out. Cut out all the pumpkin pieces as well. 
3. Trace around the circle on the orange paper and cut it out. Trace around the open circle template on light green paper and cut it out. Next, trace around the leaves on green paper and cut them out. Finally, trace around the stem piece on brown paper and cut it out.
4. Instead of cutting the pieces out of colored paper, kids can also just color the template just make sure it’s printed on white cardstock.
5. To assemble, glue the brown stem to the top of the pumpkin. 
6. Glue the pumpkin’s eyes, nose and mouth. 
7. Now, glue the brown stem to the open circle, keeping the open end of the circle towards the right.
8.  Glue one of the leaves so it hangs down in the opening of the circle. Another leaf can be glued next to the stem, and the final leaf glued wherever you’d like.                                                           
9. The pumpkin door hanger is finished and ready to hang up! 

     

Isn’t it the cutest?

 

 

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Pumpkin Door Hanger with Free Printable Template

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Active Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Estimated Cost: Under 5.00

This fun and easy to make pumpkin door hanger is the perfect Halloween Craft idea for kids. It includes a free printable template with different Jack-O-Lantern faces.

Print

Materials

• Pumpkin Door hanger template
• Cardstock: orange, light green, green and brown
• Glue stick

Tools

• Scissors
• Printer for template

Instructions

1. First print out the template
   
2. Decide which pieces you’d like for the jack-o- lantern face and cut them out.
3. Cut out all the pumpkin pieces as well. 
   
4. Trace around the circle on the orange paper and cut it out.
5. Trace around the open circle template on light green paper and cut it out.
6. Next, trace around the leaves on green paper and cut them out.
7. Finally, trace around the stem piece on brown paper and cut it out. 
8. To assemble, glue the brown stem to the top of the pumpkin. 
9. Glue the pumpkin’s eyes, nose and mouth. 
10. Now, glue the brown stem to the open circle, keeping the open end of the circle towards the right. 
11. Glue one of the leaves so it hangs down in the opening of the circle.Another leaf can be glued next to the stem, and the final leaf glued wherever you’d like. 
12. The pumpkin door hanger is finished and ready to hang up! 

Notes

Instead of cutting the pieces out of colored paper, kids can also just color the template just make sure it’s printed on white cardstock.

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