Halloween Crafts — October 10, 2023

Decorate Your Pumpkins as Animals for Halloween

Tags Halloween Decor, Halloween Kids Craft

Halloween Crafts — October 10, 2023

Decorate Your Pumpkins as Animals for Halloween

Kids

30min

Tags Halloween Decor, Halloween Kids Craft

Trick or craft! This Halloween season, we are tricking our pumpkins by making them think they are a round black cat, a chubby horned owl, and a sly orange fox. These pumpkin masks are so simple to craft with just a few basic supplies and easy-to-follow instructions. We started this project by designing cute patterns to be cut from layers of colored felt. You can download our patterns at the end of this post to decorate your pumpkins. Check out more of our simple Halloween DIYs.

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Each pattern includes two pages for each animal’s pattern as well as another two prints, giving you a guide to assemble all of the pieces for these pumpkin masks and costumes.

Once you gather all of your tools and materials, you can reduce or enlarge your pattern to fit your pumpkins. For our set here, we reduced the size of the fox to fit the smaller pumpkins. You can follow the step-by-step tutorial below to assemble these adorable pumpkin buddies. And if you don’t have as much time or a supply of felt, just use the paper printable for your pumpkin costume instead!

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Materials

Pumpkins (2 small ones for the fox)
Craft Felt
Googly Eyes
Black Spray Paint (for the cat)
Floral Wire (for cat and fox tails)
Embroidery Thread (for fox and cat) — Black and Orange
Craft Needle

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48 Comments

Sophia March 12, 2023 at 3:36pm

I love the creativity behind this! Decorating pumpkins as animals is such a great twist on a classic Halloween activity. My family and I had a lot of fun doing this!

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rosa-kreattiva September 30, 2015 at 5:56am

Ciao Lia volevo avvisarti che questo tuo post sarà condiviso su https://www.facebook.com/kreattivablog spero ti faccia piacere ciao rosa

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1. Lia September 30, 2015 at 2:00pm
  
  @rosa-kreattiva
  
  Thanks!
  
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kc71595 November 10, 2014 at 5:02pm

Hi Lia! Thank you SO much for the mask templates! I actually made them into our Halloween Costumes for Trunk or Treating at our church! 🙂 You can see them on my Instagram at http://instagram.com/kc71595

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1. Lia November 17, 2014 at 3:20pm
  
  @kc71595
  
  Love it!!!!
  
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Александра October 31, 2014 at 5:29am

Добрый вечер! Очень оригинальные поделки на праздник.

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1. Lia October 31, 2014 at 2:32pm
  
  @Александра
  
  Thank you:)
  
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Maria October 20, 2014 at 5:53am

Just lovely and fun to do ! Thank you for this new approach to celebrate an old tradition 🙂

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1. Lia October 20, 2014 at 3:47pm
  
  @Maria
  
  Awe, that is so sweet. Thank you;-)
  
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mrskmg October 17, 2014 at 7:20am

So darn cute! Thanks for sharing! I am thinking this would be fun weekend project with the grand kids.

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1. Lia October 17, 2014 at 9:57am
  
  @mrskmg
  
  Thank you! I hope you have a blast creating your own pumpkin creatures with your grand kids, it sounds like fun!
  
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Cookie17 October 12, 2014 at 11:36am

Lia these are so cute great job again…Thank’s Cookie

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1. Lia October 13, 2014 at 9:12am
  
  @Cookie17
  
  Thank you! I had so much fun making them:)
  
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Robin October 10, 2014 at 11:36am

I am going to try this with cardstock paper! I have lots of fall colors. Thanks

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1. Lia October 10, 2014 at 4:53pm
  
  @Robin
  
  Have fun and Happy Halloween!!
  
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jet October 9, 2014 at 10:11am

Hi Lia, aaaaaw these are sooooo cute, well done!!!!
thank you for the sharing and the free templates, have a fun nice halloween;-D

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 2:14pm
  
  @jet
  
  Thanks Jet! We are certainly having fun getting ready for it!
  
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Natashalh October 9, 2014 at 9:48am

These are so super cute! We’re living in Hawaii this year and it’s beautiful and all that, but I’m really reluctant to carve a pumpkin when it’s so warm every day. I’ve been looking at no-carve options and so far your felt critters are my favorite by a mile! Pinning.

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:51am
  
  @Natashalh
  
  Thank you! Wish I could pop by Hawaii and decorate some pumpkins with you;-)
  
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Sylvia October 9, 2014 at 7:04am

So so sweet!!! Love those.

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:46am
  
  @Sylvia
  
  Me too:) I get a silly grin every time I look at them, kind of make me wish I was 5 years old again;-)
  
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monica October 9, 2014 at 3:09am

Terribly beautiful!

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:46am
  
  @monica
  
  But not too scary;-)
  
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Marly October 9, 2014 at 2:33am

Awwwwhhh cuuuuute! Love these Lia! Halloween is not quite as big here in the UK as in the US, and sometimes I get into the spirit of Halloween, and sometimes not. But I think these little pumpkin costumes are cute enough to have a go at, and will stand apart from the usual pumpkin cut-outs we tend to see here. I also loved the Raven pattern you shared with us. Enjoy the silly season ahead 🙂

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:47am
  
  @Marly
  
  Hope you enjoy the Halloween season too:) With a few decorated pumpkins, please share your pictures with us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/liagriffith.hyl
  
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Pamela October 8, 2014 at 6:39pm

I absolutely love your work. I am going to attempt to make this. If I’m proud of my work I will send it. Thank you for your tslent

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:49am
  
  @Pamela
  
  Cannot wait to see you creations!
  
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Amelia October 8, 2014 at 6:36pm

Wow!! These are so cute!!!! I wouldn’t be able to pick a favourite, they are all adorable

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:49am
  
  @Amelia
  
  Thank you! They are the latest addition to my little company, we keep growing:)
  
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Sabine October 8, 2014 at 2:01pm

i love these! especially the fox. so cute!
Sab

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1. Lia October 9, 2014 at 9:52am
  
  @Sabine
  
  Thank you Sabine!!
  
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