From the beginning of fall through Thanksgiving, I decorate my home with pumpkins. I love making crafts with my two young children to place around my house. For a recent homeschool lesson, my kids and I made pumpkins using pipe cleaners and pony beads. My kindergartener made hers all by herself while my toddler practiced his fine motor skills by helping me thread the small beads on the ends of the pipe cleaners.
Materials
- 4 orange pipe cleaners
- 1 green pipe cleaner
- 144 orange pony beads
Instructions
- Line the orange pipe cleaners up and twist together at the middle to form the bottom of the pumpkin.
- Thread 18 orange pony beads on each of the eight ends of the orange pipe cleaners.
- Twist the tops of the beaded pipe cleaners together.
- Wrap the green pipe cleaner around the top of the orange pipe cleaners and twist twice.
- Wrap the ends of the green pipe cleaner around a pen to curl.
- Display the pony bead pumpkin craft.
For more fun pumpkin crafts, try my Origami Pumpkin Craft, Paint Chip Pumpkin Craft, P Is for Pumpkin Handprint Craft, Paper Plate Pumpkin Puzzles, Paper Plate Pumpkin, and Toilet Paper Tube Pumpkin Jack o’ Lantern Craft.
Image Credits
Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Twisting Together Pipe Cleaners for Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Threading Beads on Pipe Cleaners for Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Orange Beads for Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Thread Morning Beads for Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Twisting Beaded Ends of Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Orange Round of Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Adding Green Pipe Cleaner to Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Curling Green Pipe Cleaner of Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Finished Pony Bead Pumpkin Craft © 2016 Heather Johnson
Finished Pony Bead Pumpkins © 2016 Heather Johnson
