Clay Pumpkins for Halloween

Step 1:

Roll a ball of clay, about the size of your fist into a sphere with your hands. 

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Step 2: 


Divide the ball into two hemi-spheres using a clay cutter.

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Step 3: 


Create a lip on the top of the hemispheres by turning the hemisphere upright and using your fingers to hollow out the center.

Serrate or criss cross the lip of the hemispheres. 

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Step 4: 


Place a little amount of water on the lip so the edges will stay together. Align them / Put them back together carefully, and using your thumb and some water, smooth out the join between the two halves.

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Step 5: 


create the lines on your pumpkins using the clay cutter again. Do this all around the outside of your pumpkin.

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Step 6: 


indent the top of the pumpking with your thumb, applying a little pressure. Serrate with the clay cutter again.

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Step 7: 


to make a stalk, roll out a piece of clay into a sausage shape. Hold it in the middle and gently bang it against the table, and shape it into a four star base. Serrate the base of the star shape based, and using water, apply it to the top of the pumpkin as your stalk.

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Step 8: 


Cut out your eyes and mouth for your Jack - O - Lantern. 

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Step 9: 


Paint the stalk green, and the rest of the pumpkin orange. 

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Have a look at some of the fantastic clay pumpkins
 which the boys in Ms. Rowley's room made. 


WOW! :)