Book Page Pumpkins

I have been so busy teaching and trying to settle into my new home. 

"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary..."

 ~Edgar Allan Poe 

However, October is my most favorite month, so Nel and I managed to squeeze in a spirited craft night!

I have been wanting to test out the book page pumpkins that I have seen floating around Pinterest. 

All you need are a few pumpkins from the Dollar Store, extra book pages that you don't mind tearing up, Mod Podge, a little Spanish Moss, and a simple tree branch or twig. 

We began by tearing pages from a duplicate book copy that Nel owned. (Honestly, I cringed a little while tearing up the pages!)

Next, we painted our pumpkins in parts with Mod Podge and secured the book page strips to them. We then applied Mod Podge all over the book pages. 

This craft can be a little messy as it turns out best if you use your fingers to flatten the book page strips to the pumpkin as you are Mod Podging. We also found it easiest to paint our pumpkins in sections at a time. 

Once we covered our pumpkins, we let them dry overnight, then we hot glued Spanish moss and a twig to each. Pretty simple!

"There is no exquisite beauty...without some strangeness in the proportion." 

~Edgar Allan Poe  

~Jess