Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Spookley the Square Pumpkin Recycled Tissue Box Halloween Craft

If you have kids, you're probably familiar with the cute story of Spookley, the Square Pumpkin.  It's long been a fall favorite in our house.  This year we decided to make our own Spookley, using items we found around the house.

Our supplies were an empty tissue box (yay, recycling!), a glue stick, some orange foam sheets (you could also use orange construction paper, or you could also have your child paint the box orange) and some green construction paper.


I gave Pierce a choice between drawing the pumpkin face himself or letting me draw it.  He asked me to draw it, because he wanted the pumpkin to look just like Spookley.  Once the face was drawn, Pierce glued the foam sheets and stuck them to the Kleenex box.  On the top piece, we had two orange pieces, so we could tuck a piece of the green stem underneath for added security.  Then we curled the green stem around like Spookley's.
A quick and easy craft - that ended up being a puppet as well due to the opening from the Kleenex!  Pierce really liked his Spookley the Square Pumpkin puppet!

This post linked with the Halloween crafts at Jdaniel4smom's blog.

30 comments:

  1. ChrisOctober 25, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Crafty! Looks like Pierce had fun making that.

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  2. JillOctober 25, 2011 at 5:27 AM

    That is adorable. What a great craft idea. You two should be proud. :)

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  3. AnonymousOctober 25, 2011 at 6:32 AM

    I have never heard of this book before. It looks really cute! Pierce's pumpkin is awesome.

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  4. Gone CountryOctober 25, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    What a fun and simple project! It turned out great and Pierce looks so happy with it! Definitely worth the effort to see the look on his face! So cute!

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  5. MelodieOctober 25, 2011 at 8:11 AM

    That is a great project! You can tell by that big smile!

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  6. Valerie BoersmaOctober 25, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    Very crafty! You two did a great job making Spookley!

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  7. I Am WoodyOctober 25, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    What a fun craft!!

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  8. Eat To LiveOctober 25, 2011 at 9:02 AM

    How great that you do crafts with the kids. This is something they will remember always.

    To this day, my Daughter and I still do crafts together when we get the chance and sometimes my Grandkids join in.

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  9. SlamdunkOctober 25, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    Great idea Lisa. I am not familiar with Spookley, but with the young twins, this would be right up their alley.

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  10. TexWisGirlOctober 25, 2011 at 10:02 AM

    that boy has such a joyous smile. :)

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  11. Chatty CroneOctober 25, 2011 at 10:35 AM

    Great craft idea - hope you are sharing these with his teacher for ideas.
    sandie

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  12. AnonymousOctober 25, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    I most like the proud look on his face!

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  13. MaryOctober 25, 2011 at 11:21 AM

    What a cute idea! I love his big smile. It's so fun being able to recycle things around the house. :)

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  14. Alicia@ eco friendly homemakingOctober 25, 2011 at 11:38 AM

    This is so cute!! You always come up with the coolest projects!!

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  15. HeleneOctober 25, 2011 at 11:54 AM

    I love that...so cute! And I love that you found a way to make a craft from the story.

    Garrett's teacher just read this book to them and he was talking about it to me the other day. It's wonderful when they read a story like this and really get the message that the book is sending.

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  16. DawnOctober 25, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Cute! Nice work there buddy:)))

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  17. Ginny HartzlerOctober 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    I have never heard of this book, but I'm grabbing my iPad to get a sample now! Spookly is too cute! I'm always looking for crafts for the girls. He is just their age now, give him a big birthday hug and kiss for me!!!

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  18. Liz MaysOctober 25, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Awwww,that's just the cutest!

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  19. SandyOctober 25, 2011 at 1:34 PM

    Cute. You and your craft ideas just amaze me.

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  20. camp and cottage livingOctober 25, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Lisa
    This will be fun to do with the grandkids when I see them next!
    Pierce looks as smiley as Spookley!

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  21. trumpOctober 25, 2011 at 3:42 PM

    Thought id say hello Lisa, and will your little guys be doing any trick or treating?. I remember the good old days when it was safe to do so, sadly those days are pretty much gone. Richard

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  22. AnonymousOctober 25, 2011 at 4:11 PM

    I'll have to check out that book. I love doing crafts with tissue/cereal boxes and toilet paper rolls - which can add up!

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  23. MichelleOctober 25, 2011 at 4:55 PM

    That is such a cute book and nice to see your little guy crafting.

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  24. NancyOctober 25, 2011 at 8:18 PM

    He's such a cutie! I love his smile. :) (and no, I didn't know about Spookley until after reading your post. I learn so much from you youngsters!)

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  25. DebbieOctober 25, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    ooohhhh that smile is priceless!! what a cutie pie!!

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  26. Kerri FarleyOctober 25, 2011 at 10:12 PM

    How fun!

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  27. AngelaOctober 26, 2011 at 12:08 AM

    Now that is a very neat craft! You are great at thinking outside the box! hehehe

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  28. MyyaOctober 26, 2011 at 1:50 AM

    We just got this book last week. I didn't ever think about making a craft out of it. Brilliant! Hmmm guess that is what we will be doing tomorrow :) Thanks!

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  29. Grumpy Grateful MomOctober 26, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    My kids liked this book. The puppet turned out great.

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  30. JenOctober 26, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    We love that book too! Your creativity always amazes me :)

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