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Creepy Crawly Pumpkin Topiary

By Noreen 47 Comments




By Noreen Doll.

Craft a creepy crawly pumpkin topiary to decorate your Halloween table.

 

Creepy Crawly Pumpkin Topiary by Crafty Journal

I try not to use expensive items for crafting because I know lots of people couldn’t afford to make crafts if it required purchasing expensive supplies. And I like to recycle as much as possible.

So head to your recycle bin for most of your supplies and finish up at the Dollar Store to make this fun creepy crawly pumpkin topiary.

Creepy Crawly Pumpkin Topiary by Crafty Journal

What You Need

Tin Can

Newspaper

Wood Dowel – 1/4 inch diameter, 10 to 12 inches long

Plaster of Paris or cement, if you have it

Orange Spray Paint or Acrylic Paint

Styrofoam Ball

Tacky Glue

Package of Spiders or Spider Rings from Dollar Store

Ribbon for Bow

What You Do

1. Push the styrofoam ball firmly down onto one end of the dowel to make a hole in the ball so it can sit on the dowel.

2. Add water and Plaster or Paris (following box directions) to the can to make a depth of 2 or 3 inches.

 

Warning! Always use Plaster of Paris outdoors to prevent it getting in your drains and clogging them. Use a garden hose to clean items.

3. Mix quickly and put the dowel in the center of the mix. Hold it for a couple of minutes to be sure it will stand straight. Let Harden.

4. Cut 2 or 2 1/2 inch squares from the newspaper.

5. Spread glue on a small area of the styrofoam ball.

6.Scrunch the squares around your finger and stick them in the glue, keeping them fairly close together.

7. Add more glue as needed and cover the ball completely, except for a small area around the hole you made. Let dry.

8. Spray the ball with orange paint. Let dry. Ignore that little spider that crept up on the ball.

Because I didn’t have any orange spray paint, i mixed red and yellow tempera paint with a little water, in a small spray bottle.

Shake it well and do a test spray before spraying your newspaper covered ball.

9. With black spray paint, paint the dowel and can – inside and out. Use a second coat to get good coverage. Let dry.

10. Put a bit of glue in the dowel hole and press the orange ball on top.

11. Use hot glue to attach spiders all over the ball.

12. Tie a Halloween colored bow around the can and glue a spider in the center of the bow.

Your creepy crawly pumpkin topiary is complete!

Tips

Use flies or ants instead of spiders to cover your pumpkin.

If you don’t want to paint the topiary ball, cut the squares from orange fabric, orange crepe paper, or orange tissue paper and glue them on.

Β© Noreen Doll

Crafty Journal

 

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  1. Jill says

    September 9, 2012 at 11:40 pm

    Brilliant – you’re coming up with some fabulous halloween decorations!! Thanks for sharing them!

    Thanks for linking to a Round Tuit!
    Hope you have a fabulous week!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success
    http://www.jembellish.blogspot.com/

  2. Melody says

    September 10, 2012 at 1:05 am

    How easy and frightfully cute for Halloween

  3. Kathy Moody says

    September 10, 2012 at 11:47 am

    What a cute, creative idea! I love it. Visiting from the Mad Skills Party. πŸ™‚

  4. Candace says

    September 10, 2012 at 1:57 pm

    How fun!
    Dropping in from Inspire Me Monday

  5. Nancy @ Kibbles 'N Knits says

    September 10, 2012 at 3:53 pm

    I love this idea! Looks great!

  6. Dottie says

    September 10, 2012 at 10:25 pm

    Very creative! Thanks so much for linking up with our Countdown to Fall link party! Have a great week! πŸ™‚
    http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

  7. The Style Sisters says

    September 11, 2012 at 3:45 am

    So creative!! I love you green idea! Come link up to centerpiece Wed tomorrow (it will be u early) on my blog and share this idea with us.
    Karin

  8. Crystelle says

    September 11, 2012 at 4:28 am

    It’s so cute! This would be a great idea for a craft afternoon with friends….

  9. Kelly at Smart! School {House} says

    September 11, 2012 at 11:46 pm

    This is so awesome!

    Kelly at Smart! School {House}
    http://www.facebook.com/SmartSchoolHouse

  10. Tracey says

    September 12, 2012 at 12:59 am

    WOW, you can’t even tell it is news paper when done! I also try and use a lot of recycled items when I craft and I just love how this came out! Thanks so much for sharing on the We Made That Linky

  11. The Style Sisters says

    September 12, 2012 at 3:15 pm

    Thanks again for linking up all your ideas on centerpiece Wednesday! Karin

  12. Sylvia says

    September 12, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    This is SO cool! Going to pin this, so I can come back and try it myself! Thanks so much for sharing! Sylvia

  13. Capri + 3--Theresa says

    September 13, 2012 at 3:59 am

    That is so creative and turned out great. I love that most of the items used to make it can be found at home.

  14. Michelle says

    September 13, 2012 at 4:54 pm

    Love this! Can’t wait to make one. I am on my way to Michaels now to get the plaster and paint! Thanks so much for sharing on Creative Thursday this week. Can’t wait to see what you link up next week.
    Michelle

  15. Lindy@Itsy Bitsy Paper says

    September 13, 2012 at 10:49 pm

    So fun and festive for Halloween! I hope you’ll link up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party (fall ideas too).
    http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com/2012/09/2012-wickedly-creative-halloween-ideas.html

  16. Donna says

    September 14, 2012 at 2:23 am

    Love this! We love easy DIY and are looking forward to trying this. Thanks for sharing.

  17. Kimberly @ A Night Owl says

    September 14, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    This is so cute! Stopping by from Crafty Vanessa!

  18. Elena says

    September 14, 2012 at 4:42 pm

    Love this! Of course, it gives me the chills just looking at it (I feel like something is crawling on me) :o)

  19. Diann @ The Thrifty Groove says

    September 15, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    This is a great creative way to make a topiary! Love it!

  20. Julie says

    September 15, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    Oh I love this! Thank you so much for sharing on Marvelous Mondays! I will be featuring this on my blog this weekend so be sure to stop by and check out the feature post!

    Julie

  21. Charlene@APinchofJoy says

    September 16, 2012 at 3:45 am

    So cute and I love that it repurposes the can and the newspaper! Plus you mixed the paint from what you had on hand – my kind of doings! Thanks for linking on Busy Monday – hope to see you again next week!

  22. Karri Reiser says

    September 16, 2012 at 8:18 pm

    I love this. Thank you for sharing at my Our Favorite Things Link Party

  23. Alisha says

    September 16, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    This came out great!! Stopping by from delicateConstruction’s linky party. Here is what I shared this week: http://craftybrooklynarmywife.blogspot.ca/2012/09/another-fur-baby-coat.html

  24. BeColorful says

    September 17, 2012 at 12:48 am

    Easy, affordable and timely the perfect post to feature this week on Motivated Monday at BeColorful. It should be up later tonight.
    pr

  25. Athena at Minerva's Garden says

    September 17, 2012 at 2:21 am

    Hi Noreen: This is such a cute pumpkin-spider idea–I love that the project uses so many recycled items–very clever!

  26. Steph @ Crafting in the Rain says

    September 17, 2012 at 4:05 am

    Looks great–even the spiders aren’t too bad πŸ˜‰

  27. Cathy@My1929Charmer says

    September 18, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    Loving this, how cute. I also favor projects that are easy to do! You always do a great job showing us how to make one for our self. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with Sunday’s Best – you helped make the party a success!

  28. Natural-nesters says

    September 18, 2012 at 4:04 pm

    I love topiaries!! So much, and this is so cute and fun!! What a great idea!!

    We featured you today at the naturally-nifty party!!

    http://natural-nester.blogspot.com/2012/09/naturally-nifty-party-32.html

  29. Lauren says

    September 19, 2012 at 7:04 pm

    Love it! We just bought a bunch of spiders too! Thank you for sharing at our Pinteresting Party!

  30. Rose :: Fine Craft Guild says

    September 19, 2012 at 10:02 pm

    Super duper cute. Do come link it up with our party at http://www.finecraftguild.com/party/ We’d love to see it there!

  31. Britni says

    September 20, 2012 at 4:43 am

    Love the spiders! Such a great idea I might need to borrow πŸ™‚

  32. Tracy says

    September 20, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    Thanks for sharing over at Craft Junkie Too last week. This project is part of my Featured Favorites — so I hope you can stop by again real soon.
    http://www.craftjunkietoo.com/2012/09/tgif-link-party-67.html

    xo,
    Tracy

  33. Maria Matter says

    September 21, 2012 at 2:35 am

    too fun, love this idea!
    I’ll be featuring you this week @ Inspire Me Fridays, thanks so much for linking up!

  34. Nicky @ Pink Recipe Box says

    September 21, 2012 at 8:29 am

    Love this idea! Pinning to try out for Hallowen πŸ™‚

  35. Jill @ Create.Craft.Love. says

    September 24, 2012 at 1:52 am

    That is super creepy and looks super easy to make! Love that you used newspaper!

  36. Angie says

    September 24, 2012 at 4:59 pm

    What a great idea! I would love it if you would consider sharing at my first ever Halloween linky party!

    http://happytreelife.com/2012/09/21/spooky-tree-life-halloween-extravaganza-linky-party/

  37. Alexis AKA MOM says

    October 6, 2014 at 8:10 pm

    What a GREAT idea. I love it and I could pull this off πŸ™‚

  38. Cindy @ Upcycled Design Lab says

    October 7, 2014 at 2:59 pm

    I love your idea. Thanks for sharing.

  39. Amanda says

    October 8, 2014 at 1:18 am

    This project is awesome and very creative. Great job!!

  40. bj says

    October 8, 2014 at 2:49 am

    Just as cute as can be. thanks for showing us how….

  41. AmieJo says

    October 8, 2014 at 1:43 pm

    This is really cute. I love it.

  42. ileana-carmen says

    October 9, 2014 at 4:44 am

    The project it is so cute! Thank you for sharing with us.

  43. Michelle @TheGraciousWife.com says

    October 10, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    Cute, simple, and cheap to make! I love it! Thanks for sharing! Pinning!
    -Michelle

  44. Kayla says

    October 10, 2014 at 6:45 pm

    This is just awesome! It’s a wonderful decoration πŸ™‚

  45. Michelle @ The Painted Hinge says

    October 13, 2014 at 2:24 am

    Wow! I love this- very creative! This would be super as table centerpieces for a Halloween party! Great job!

  46. Felecia says

    October 14, 2014 at 1:59 pm

    Hi Noreen! What a creative way to use what you have! I love it! It is versatile enough to use for different occasions! Thanks for sharing! Blessings from Bama!

  47. Mila says

    October 21, 2014 at 5:20 pm

    Thank you so much for linking up with Big Autumn Bash ! πŸ™‚
    xx
    Mila

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