Cool weather, football games, leaves just beginning to change--- it's finally fall. Fall is my favorite time of the year and while I don’t decorate as much as I once did, I love these pumpkin people my brother makes. They are absolutely one of my favorite Halloween decorations and you can craft them to look like any number of things. My friend loves cats so she makes hers look like little trick or treating kitties.
How to Make Pumpkin People for Halloween Decorating
You'll need three pumpkins in graduated sizes and a dowel, broomstick, stake, or piece of pipe or PVC for each pumpklin person plus "accessories" to dress them up. First, carve your favorite pumpkin face. Next, stack up your pumpkins to see how they fit together naturally. Next, drill a hole in the top of the bottom pumpkin and insert the dowel until it hits the bottom. Drill a hole in the top and bottom of the middle pumpkin and thread it onto the dowel. Last, drill a hole in the bottom of your carved pumpkin (the face) and place it on the top. Decorate with buttons, flowers, a hat, etc. FYI- I just made some of these and cheated a little and used carpet tape to stick the pumpkins together since I didn't have a drill handy and it worked great.