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Pick Your Pumpkin
This pumpkin patch is filled with sweet Halloween treats!
Prep time: 20 min.
Decoration time: 15 min.
Difficulty: Moderate
What you'll need:
- 1 bag M&M'S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Halloween
- 3 9-inch squares clear plastic wrap (or small clear bags)
- Double-stick tape
- 3 9-inch squares orange or clear cellophane
- Green ribbon or string
- Green floral tape
- 1 9 x 12-inch square green felt, craft foam or construction paper
- 3 brown, black or green pipe cleaners
- Pencil, optional
- Printable template
What to do:
- Lay out the squares of plastic wrap on a flat surface. Pour 2/3 cup of M&M’S® Brand Milk Chocolate Candies for Halloween in the center of each square. Gather the sides up and around the candy, twist it tightly, and tape closed.
- Place the candy ball, tape side down, in the center of the cellophane square. Gather the sides up and around it, then twist and tie with a piece of ribbon or string. Wind the ribbon, string or floral tape around the nub of cellophane, creating a stem.
- To make leaves and vines, use the printable template to cut leaves out of green felt. Wrap pipe cleaners around a pencil, then slip out the pencil, leaving a spring of curls. Attach leaves and pipe cleaner "vines" to the cellophane pumpkins around the "stem" area. Arrange the pumpkins on a table on top of some large felt leaves to create a pumpkin patch that’s ripe for some happy pickin’!
Party Tips:
Turn the favor table into a pumpkin patch for your child’s party. Just curl giant pipe cleaners into vines and intersperse real gourds and pumpkins with the candy pumpkins. Add a few fall leaves, scarecrows and other holiday shapes for fun. As the kids leave, let them pick their pumpkin treat from the patch!
Makes 3 pumpkins.
