Pumpkin with sprinkles

Difficulty: 2
Technique: sprinkling, gluing

Polystyrene pumpkin with microbeads

Pumpkins go hand in hand with Halloween, just like Christmas trees and Christmas or Easter eggs and Easter. This is an excellent tutorial on how to create a simple, pretty and quick Halloween decoration using a polystyrene pumpkin and microbeads from the PRECIOSA Traditional Czech Glass™ brand.
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Material and Tools

BMX 40 microbeads

632 651 9 400 050 green; 7 g for one pumpkin
 (M1)

BMX 40 microbeads

632 651 9 400 082 yellow; 7 g for one pumpkin
 (M1)

BMX 40 microbeads

632 651 9 400 010 orange; 7 g for one pumpkin
 (M1)

1.0 – 1.3 mm microbeads

632 652 3 013 053 green; 2 g for one pumpkin
 (M2)

1.0 – 1.3 mm microbeads

632 652 3 013 080 yellow; 2 g for one pumpkin
(M2)

PRECIOSA Ripple

111 01 351; 12 mm; 02010/29562 smoky; 1x
(Rip)

Tools

A polystyrene pumpkin; water-based glue for strass stones; a no. 12 brush; a small bowl; a teaspoon; a wooden stick (a twig) with a diameter of 0.9 – 1.3 cm and a length of 9 – 12 cm; a pencil sharpener for thick pencils; a small knife; garden secateurs; a pin; fine sanding paper (P2000 – P3000); a container; part of a polystyrene panel; pliers

Procedure

Step 1

Walk around your garden or the edge of the forest about two weeks before Halloween. Cut off a small twig with a diameter of around 1 cm using the secateurs. Adjust the length to approximately 10 cm.

A child can create the point on the twig if it fits into the pencil sharpener. Otherwise, an adult should cut it into a blunt point using the knife. Leave the twig to dry out in the warm for about a week.

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Step 2

Polystyrene shapes often have small surface defects (excess material from the mould connection and so on). Use the sand paper to clean it up.

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Step 3

Pierce the centre of the pumpkin with the point of the twig. Apply some glue to the point and the created hole. Insert the point into the opening.

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Step 4

Attach 1x Rip to the centre of the opposite side of the pumpkin using the pin. Also apply glue to the pin and the back of the Rip. Now leave the glue to dry for several hours.

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Step 5

Prepare part of the polystyrene panel. Use the pliers to gouge out a hole in it for the twig.

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Step 6

Prepare the glue in the small bowl. Use the brush to apply the glue to the first section of the pumpkin. Preferably apply the glue to the surface twice. Sprinkle several pinches of M2 onto the surface over the container. Sprinkle the M1 onto the surface using the teaspoon or directly from the bag. Apply the glue to another segment. Use the brush as precisely as possible so that the glue is applied directly next to the M1 from the previous segment. Once again, it is preferable to apply the glue to the surface twice. Sprinkle the M2 and then the M1. Continue decorating the next segments. Also use the M1 and M2 from the container.

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Step 7

Remove any excess M1 from the finished pumpkin by tapping the twig over the container. Insert the twig into the opening in the polystyrene panel. Let the glue dry.

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Downloads

Colored Microbeads - Technical Parameters

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PRECIOSA Ripple - Product Sheet

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Project Pumpkin with sprinkles

Download the PDF and print the entire project to your project library
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