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Halloween is my favorite time of the year to make craft projects. My daughter is now five years old and has so many of her own great ideas. She gets excited each time I tell her plans for a new project. When I told her we would be working on a pumpkin project with Skittles and Starburst she couldn’t wait to get started. I was excited too because growing up, I loved digging through my trick or treat bag to find my favorite candies; Skittles and Starburst were always a desired treat. Together we had so much fun making a DIY candy covered pumpkin. The finished project is out with our festive decor next to the cutest Trick or Treat Halloween printable.
DIY candy covered pumpkin tutorial
Supplies:
- small pumpkin
- Skittles and Starburst candy
- hot glue gun
- glue sticks
Depending on the size of your pumpkin you will need a lot of candy. With my daughter helping I’m sure more than a few Skittles and Starburst were eaten while working on our project. Luckily we purchased the Skittles & Starburst 30 Pack from Sam’s Club and had just enough candy to cover our pumpkin.
Begin by sorting the candy by type and color. My daughter worked on sorting all the candy as I enjoyed watching the great learning opportunity.
The glue gun should be kept away from children as it could easily burn little fingers. I applied a stripe of glue to the pumpkin and my daughter added the Starburst. The glue lines should follow the natural lines in the pumpkin. The glue dries quickly so work fast applying the candy or only use enough glue for a few candies before adding more.
Continue adding Starburst to the vertical lines of the pumpkin. We chose to work opposite of the last line we completed to make sure they were spaced evenly. Then fill in the spaces between lines with Skittles. Apply a small amount of hot glue to the space and add the Skittles a few at a time.
Place your finished DIY candy covered pumpkin next to a new fun Trick or Treat Halloween printable (free printable at bottom of post)!
Print the free Trick or Treat Halloween printable and frame to add a colorful festive decoration to your home. To print simply save the image to your computer, resize to your desired print size, and print from your home printer.
What is the most fun Halloween craft project you have ever made?
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What a fun idea!! I love how colorful that pumpkin is…perfect for Fall decor. I’m also amazed that you were able to unwrap the Skittles/Starburst and still save enough to cover the pumpkin! Thanks for sharing! #client
Thanks David! This was a great weekend project with my daughter! Definitely not a good school night activity…she was wired from sneaking candy all day!
I love the idea of this pumpkin, but I am afraid I would eat so much of the candy while making it that I would run out LOL 🙂
This is a cute and fun idea for kids to decorate pumpkins! The printable is super cute too!
This is too creative. Yup it’s that time of year. I am actually not a fan of halloween for the only reason that my kids literally try to OD on candy, and I spend the next 3 months hiding their candies from trick or treating. But, they love it. Not saying I am going to make this, but I could truly appreciate the creativity in this.
Thrifting Diva
Here in our country, we don’t celebrate Halloween in every home. (only at malls and some school) But, I want my kids to experience it so I’ll add this to our project list!
This looks amazing! I think my son would try to eat all the candy off of it.
This is such a fun idea for Halloween! It’s not that difficult and it’s not messy as well! I’m definitely going to consider this one! Thanks for the printable!
Oh gosh I love it! There are so many creative ways to decorate a pumpkin! I’d have a hard time not eating the candy but it’d be worth it!
Oh this is so cool! And it will be so fun eating these candies after using it as a decoration. People are becoming so creative nowadays. It is awesome!
That is a really cute decoration idea for Halloween. I don’t think we could get all the candies on the pumpkin because we’d be eating them while decorating. Ha ha.
My daughter would love to make this. I would love for her to practice sorting colors. Win-win. I can’t wait for Halloween.
What a cute idea for a holiday favorite. The trouble is, I am not sure how many of those would actually make it on the pumpkin. I would be afraid I would eat them all!
Omg cutest pumpkin ever!!!! My daughter would probably love to make one of these with me. So festive!
What a fun and interesting idea, I’ve never seen something like this done. Love it.
This is so pretty for Halloween and must be really fun to make. I think my sons and nephews would get a kick out of making one.