Concertina Pumpkin Hanging Decoration

Decorate your home in time for Halloween with this simple concertina pumpkin decoration. You can make various sized concertina pumpkins and you can even design a different face for each one!

Concertina Pumpkin Hanging Decoration

Skill Level

Easy. Adult supervision needed

Time to Make

20 minutes

Adult Supervision Needed

Yes

How to Make

  1. Using the template draw and cut out the pumpkin features from black card and the stalk from green card.
  2. Then place an A4 piece of orange card landscape and begin to draw vertical lines 3cm apart from each other (or the width of a ruler).
  3. Concertina fold along your lines. When you get to the end, fold in half, and stick the edges together using double sided tape to create fan shapes.
  4. Repeat steps 1 and 2 so that you have 3 fan shapes.
  5. Stick all 3 concertina fans together.
  6. Stick the pumpkin features and stalk to the ‘pumpkin’.
  7. Lastly, cut a length of ribbon, tie a knot and stick it to the back of the pumpkin.
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Top Tip

Alternatively, you can use hot glue or staples to secure the concertina sections together.

Template

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