Pick Your Pumpkin
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:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.