Halloween Kids’ Craft: Adorable Pet Pumpkins

While pumpkins are drying, cut out templates and use them to trace shapes onto assigned material (cardstock or felt in specified color.) Cut out shapes with a sharp pair of scissors. Use a hole punch for the rabbit’s eyes. Tip: Use smaller scissors for fine detailed cutting and small features, like the cat’s nose.

Use a black permanent marker to draw a mouth on the cat and pupils on the bird’s eyes. Cut two white pipe cleaners into thirds (or about 2” long pieces). Add a dab of hot glue to each end and stick onto the cat’s face.

Use a black permanent marker to draw a mouth on the cat and pupils on the bird’s eyes. Cut two white pipe cleaners into thirds (or about 2” long pieces). Add a dab of hot glue to each end and stick onto the cat’s face.

Use hot glue to affix facial features onto each pumpkin pet. Pinch the ends of 6-8 yellow craft feathers together and add a dab of hot glue. While glue is still hot, stick onto bird pumpkin, just in front of the stem. Hold in place and allow to cool.

Use hot glue to affix facial features onto each pumpkin pet. Pinch the ends of 6-8 yellow craft feathers together and add a dab of hot glue. While glue is still hot, stick onto bird pumpkin, just in front of the stem. Hold in place and allow to cool.

To give pet pumpkins more dimension, cut and fold cardstock pieces for the cat ears, rabbit ears, and bird’s beak. Cut, fold, apply glue to tabs and secure to pumpkin, holding in place until glue cools.

To give pet pumpkins more dimension, cut and fold cardstock pieces for the cat ears, rabbit ears, and bird’s beak. Cut, fold, apply glue to tabs and secure to pumpkin, holding in place until glue cools.

To give pet pumpkins more dimension, cut and fold cardstock pieces for the cat ears, rabbit ears, and bird’s beak. Cut, fold, apply glue to tabs and secure to pumpkin, holding in place until glue cools.

To give pet pumpkins more dimension, cut and fold cardstock pieces for the cat ears, rabbit ears, and bird’s beak. Cut, fold, apply glue to tabs and secure to pumpkin, holding in place until glue cools.

Cut a cat’s tail shape out of black craft foam and secure to back of cat pumpkin with hot glue. Also, hot glue six small pom-poms to the base of both the cat and rabbit pumpkin, three for each front paw. Glue on bird’s cardstock feet. Tip: Since these pumpkins are embellished with felt and paper, use them inside or on a covered porch.

Cut a cat’s tail shape out of black craft foam and secure to back of cat pumpkin with hot glue. Also, hot glue six small pom-poms to the base of both the cat and rabbit pumpkin, three for each front paw. Glue on bird’s cardstock feet. Tip: Since these pumpkins are embellished with felt and paper, use them inside or on a covered porch.

These sweet and playful pet pumpkins are a fun, no-carve fall craft. Templates are included to take the guess work out of creating the shapes to make each animal come to life.

These sweet and playful pet pumpkins are a fun, no-carve fall craft. Templates are included to take the guess work out of creating the shapes to make each animal come to life.