Introduction:
This simple project emphasizes
color and design and the finished product
is useful, too! It will take some fine motor
skills for cutting out, punching, and threading
ribbon.
Materials:
Bond
or sketch paper
#2
pencil
Eraser
2
- "11X14" sheets of 140# CP watercolor paper or white
coverstock
Watercolor
paints - preferably tube colors for intensity
Disposable
palette paper for color mixing
Watercolor
brushes
2
- water containers: one for clean water, one for dirty
water
Colored
pencils
Orange
or black ribbon to thread
Paper
punch
Directions:
1. Sketch a large, pumpkin shape on the
bond paper. Get as close as you can to the edge of the
paper without going off of it.
2. Draw a design in the pumpkin shape. It could be a face of a pumpkin, a
scene of trick or treaters in costume, a black cat, or a ghost.
3. Think of what you would like to draw on the other side of the bag. The
design can be different than the 1st side. Practice drawing it before the
real bag.
4. Put the two pieces of watercolor or coverstock paper together.
5. Draw a pumpkin shape on the top sheet. Fill the sheet from top to bottom
and side to side with the shape. Hold the two pieces together and cut around
the pumpkin shape. You should now have two pumpkin pieces.
6. Decorate one side of the pumpkin with pictures like your sketch. Then
decorate its match with the other sketch you designed.
7. You can decorate the inside of the bag, but most people wonÁt see it.
8. Hold the two pieces together and punch holes around the sides and bottom
of the pumpkin shape. Leave part of the bag unpunched so the bag can open.
9. Weave a piece of black or orange ribbon through the holes. Tie each of
the ends together at the top to make a handle.
10. Pop the bag open so you can put a Halloween treats in it!
