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How to make a pumpkin head

Since I defs didn’t want to carve a real pumpkin to put on my head and get nasts pumpkin insides all over my hair I decided to paper mache one. Unfortunately there was no good tutorials anywhere so I will share my trial and error knowledge.

First I got some supplies: 1 Punch balloon (they’re rounder and larger they regular balloons), some paper mache stuff in a bag, cardboard, a glue gun, paint, sculpey clay, tape, some news paper and some water and flour mixed together.

I then put at least three - five paper mache layers of newspaper with flour water on the balloon. I also measured my head and left an opening at the bottom. (NOTE: Don’t put tape on the balloon and try to peel it off after you’re done paper macheing, RIP)

After that’s all dry I put glue gunned some cardboard onto it to give it some pumpkin like ridges.

Then I filled the gaps between the cardboard and the newspaper with the paper mache in a bag stuff. Wait for it to dry. (Note: Don’t pop balloon until the paper mache in a bag stuff is dry cause it holds a LOT of water and your paper mache project will sink, RIP) After that I popped the balloon and lightly dampened the top with a sponge and water until it was wet enough to slowly press down into more of a pumpkin shape.

After it’s all dry I taped a stem I made out of card board on the top and put another layer or two of newspaper mache over top.

More drying wait time (you can use your oven on the lowest setting to make it dry faster) then I sanded it down and cut out a face with an exacto blade.

I added a little bit of backing behind the face on the inside with the paper mache in a bag to give it more of a 3D look which wasn’t that noticeable but oh well, it kidna worked… After all that stuffs done I painted it all white otherwise the newsprint would bleed through and make my colours not as bright, I also added some sculpey clay to the brow area to give it some more emotion in which I used an iron to dry it with cause it was too late to put it in the oven with paint all over it (Note: Put clay on before painting).

I sprayed it with a sealer before painting colours on it cause I find acrylics do weird things sometimes. After it was all dry I begin to paint.

I also painted the inside a red and added a kinda head rest thing on the inside since when I pushed the top down it made an uncomfortable point at the top when putting it on your head. Then once it was all dry I sprayed it with some more sealer, added some cool stuff like stitches with some ribbon and blood which I used nail polish for a shiny effect and put in some lights which weren’t very effective when my head was in the pumpkin but that’s okay, it still looked cool.

And that’s that!

Hope this helps some people, Enjoy!

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Y'all can keep at it with that “Romeo and Juliet fell in love in five days how immature” shiz but Macbeth went from no murder to yes murder in like one afternoon and I feel like one of those is a significantly bigger problem than the other

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Alicia Silverstone

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Dita Von Teese wearing a beret by Adele Mildred

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etsy

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hozier is literally the only valid man

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The Umbrella Academy is one of the best depictions of how wildly varied the Millennial experience is that i’ve ever seen

because within the exact same age group you have:

a virgin

a parent

a drug addict

a vigilante 

a music nerd

one person with a steady job

one person who works a crappy job for a crappy place to stay and a flexible schedule

one person working two jobs to make ends meet

people who are expected to be adults but aren’t good at it

someone who is actually an adult despite looking like a kid

lots of queer kids!

a guy who went to the moon to gain fatherly approval and run away from societal expectations

mental illness! anxiety and depression abound!

everyone is walk walk fashion baby, gay gay gay, or i woke up in this dumpster, thanks, and those are the only fashion choices

all of them are emotionally stunted by their parents

not really a person-thing but the pay phones, answering machines, and VHS tapes are High Quality Nostalgia

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He deadass set up the table for Ben too and even gave him coffee i’m crying

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to the anon who asked earlier what my Type was, i forgot about these tweets.

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this girl’s logic is pretty solid