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Whether you are in charge of the Halloween carnival or just want something fun for the trick or treaters, this Pumpkin Lollipop Pull is so easy to make!
Pumpkin Lollipop Pull
Turn your Halloween pumpkin into a lollipop pull that the kids will love. Remember the lollipop pulls at carnivals? You pull out a lollipop and depending on what color the tip is, you win a certain prize! This clown faced pumpkin reminds me of both Halloween and carnivals, so it’s a perfect fit!
The great thing about this project is it can be used year after year!
Materials needed for Pumpkin Lollipop Pull
- Cricut Explore or Maker
- Light grip mat
- Adhesive vinyl
- Transfer tape
- Basic tool set
- Fine point blade
- Foam pumpkin
- Drill
- Lollipops
Images used from Design Space:
Clown #M41C66
- Begin by selecting the image above. Using your contour tool remove everything but the facial features of the clown. Size image to fit your pumpkin. (Since I used two different colors of vinyl, I also excluded the eyes when cutting the mouth and nose and vice versa for when I cut the eyes.)
- If you don’t have or don’t want to use a Cricut, you could also cut these out of adhesive vinyl sheets or you could also paint on the clown face.
- Once the mouth and nose were cut, I weeded away any excess vinyl. Then apply transfer tape over the weeded image.
- Burnish vinyl with scraper tool and then gently peel away the transfer tape. Your image will now be on the transfer tape. Carefully arrange the image onto pumpkin.
- Next, burnish the image again with the scraper tool and then carefully peel away the transfer tape. Your image will now be adhered to the pumpkin. Repeat the above process for the eyes.
- Once your face is applied to the pumpkin, you will need to drill holes for the lollipops. I started with a rough pattern in mind, however, it didn’t look full enough and then I ended up adding holes willy nilly to fill it out.
- Once the holes are drilled, add your lollipops as his hair!
I kept singing that song from Madagascar 3. It totally looks like a colorful clown wig!
This would be great to sit out on Halloween if you are not going to be home to answer the door for trick or treaters!
Looking for more fun halloween ideas? Check out these non-carving pumpkin decorating ideas! We love the Halloween season, so we’ve got a lot of fall and Halloween themed crafts and recipes, see some of our favorites here:
- Halloween Burlap Garland
- Halloween Hoop Wreath
- Haunted House Pillow
- Halloween Party Candy Kabobs
- Spooky Bundt Cake
