How to Make Puffy Paint Pumpkins

Create a fluffy, textured pumpkin craft using puffy paint made from glue and shaving foam. It’s easy and fun!

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This craft uses a simple mixture of equal parts school glue and shaving foam to create puffy paint. After coloring it orange, you paint it onto a paper plate and decorate with a cut-out face, stem, and leaves. The puffy paint stays wet long enough to stick on the pieces.

You'll need

Elmer’s liquid school glue

Shaving foam (not the gel kind!)

Orange food coloring (or red and yellow if you don’t have orange)

Paper Plate

Black poster board or felt

Brown and green construction papers

Scissors

Directions

Combine equal amounts of Elmer’s liquid school glue and shaving foam, keeping a 1:1 ratio. You can scale the batch as needed.

Add a few drops of orange food coloring to the mixture, then stir. Keep adding coloring until you achieve your desired orange shade.

Stir the mixture thoroughly until the shaving cream, glue, and food coloring are fully blended.

Paint the puffy paint onto a paper plate, covering the entire surface.

Cut a pumpkin face from black poster board or felt. If the puffy paint is still wet, press the face pieces directly onto the paint.

Cut a stem from brown construction paper and leaves from green construction paper. If the paint is still wet, stick them on top of the painted pumpkin.