This is a budget friendly kid craft idea to create after you check out your local pumpkin patch this fall season. Keep scrolling for our Popsicle Stick Pumpkin Patch Frame kid craft tutorial!
You are going to love the memories before, during AND after framing it!
Pumpkin Patch Craft Stick Picture Frame
Today’s post is a continuation and remake of our Craft Stick Apple Picture Frame tutorial from last month. My readers enjoyed it so much, that I decided to continue the fun, with a few alterations for the pumpkin patch season we are heading into!
Today’s Popsicle Stick Pumpkin Patch Frame tutorial is perfect for younger children to make before OR after you head to the local pumpkin patch. This way you can frame your favorite picture of that day and treasure it forever!
You can either prop your finished piece on a shelf as is, add magnets to the back or secure ribbon to hang it from a hook. So many ways to display it!
So what are we waiting for?! Let the FUN begin!!! Find the full tutorial below for our Popsicle Stick Pumpkin Picture Frame craft below and get ready to make a one-of-a-kind pumpkin art piece with your little one today!!!
Happy crafting, my friends!!! I can’t wait to see pictures of your popsicle stick pumpkin patch frames! Don’t forget to tag us on Facebook so we can see! I can’t wait to give you a virtual high five from a far today! #gluedtomycrafts
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Let’s get crafty this fall! Transform ordinary materials into a simple popsicle stick picture frame craft idea.
Craft Supplies:
- Jumbo Popsicle Sticks
- Hot Glue Gun {adult use only, please!}
- Orange Craft Paint
- Paint Brush
- Paper Craft Scissors
- Brown Cardstock Paper
- Green Pipe Cleaner
- 4×6″ Color Picture
Directions:
- ADULTS ONLY – Get the glue gun hot and ready.
- Grab FOUR popsicle sticks.
- Hot glue the base of your pumpkin patch frame, in a square formation. This way you have an opening in the center for your picture.
- Repeat for each pumpkin picture picture frame you want to make.
- Set it aside to let it dry a bit {instead of a hot glue gun, you can also use school glue but drying time takes longer.}
- Squirt some orange craft paint on a paper plate.
- Have children paint the front of their popsicle stick shape completely orange.
- Set it aside.
- Next cut out a small brown stem from your cardstock.
- You can also cut out a small paper piece to write “pumpkin patch – year” on it, if desired. I did mine in white.
- Glue those to the front of the popsicle stick design in their designated spot.
- Grab your green pipe cleaner.
- Cut it in half with scissors.
- Take one half and curl it with your fingers slightly.
- Go ahead and hot glue it near the paper stem of the craft.
- Now let it all dry completely before securing your printed picture to the back of the popsicle stick stick frame {you can do this step with school glue or tape.} You might have to trim your picture down a little to make it fit in the frame. Just use your scissors.
- Once done decorating the popsicle stick pumpkin frame and it’s completely dry, display it proudly for ALL to see. You can either prop it on a shelf as is or hot glue ribbon and/or magnets to the back!
- Don’t forget to snap a few pictures of your child’s craft stick pumpkin frame to share with us on your social media sites! #gluedtomycrafts
Our Favorite Pumpkin Books:
Here are some recommended books that beautifully complement our craft idea. You can conveniently purchase them through our affiliate links on Amazon.
- Little Pumpkin: A First Halloween Story by Lisa Edwards
- Pick A Pumpkin by Patricia Toht
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz
- Five Little Pumpkins by Tiger Tales
- The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin by Stan Berenstain
- It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff
- The Happy Pumpkin by DK
- The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll
- Halloween in the Orchard by Phyllis Alsdurf
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar’s Creepy-Crawly Halloween by Eric Carle
- The Roll-Away Pumpkin by Junia Wonder
- Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell
- Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean
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We are full of crafty ideas for the pumpkin picking season!
If you are looking for even MORE easy-peasy pumpkin themed kid crafts I’ve shared on the Glued To My Crafts blog in the past, be sure to check out our Thumbprint Pumpkin Patch, Egg Carton Pumpkin Patch and Pumpkin Patch Keepsake craft posts!
