How to make a paper pumpkin cutout
Paper Pumpkin Cutout: try all 3 steps in the 3D player. Turn and replay every move. Print the complete diagram sheet or save it as PDF.
An Origami Tutor pumpkin: fold a square in half, cut one scalloped outline through both layers, then open a round pumpkin with three lobes and a stem.
- You need
- Thin paper, a pencil, a ruler and scissors.
- Start
- Begin with a 12 cm square of orange paper, colored side up. Keep an edge at the top.
Your model is ready
Smooth the centre fold flat. Draw or paste a face on the pumpkin, and tape it in a window. A green paper stem makes it look fresh. The finished pumpkin, with three lobes under its stem.
Step-by-step diagrams
- 1
Fold the square in half
Bring the left edge to the right edge. Match the corners and press the vertical fold. Keep the folded edge on the left.
- 2
Cut the pumpkin outline
Begin on the folded edge at the top of the stem. Cut down the stem, out over the top of the first lobe, and round the big side lobe. Come back along the bottom, dip between the lobes, and end on the folded edge below. Keep the pumpkin beside the fold.
- 3
Open the pumpkin
Open the centre fold carefully. The two halves meet down the middle of the pumpkin.
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Finish
Smooth the centre fold flat. Draw or paste a face on the pumpkin, and tape it in a window. A green paper stem makes it look fresh. The finished pumpkin, with three lobes under its stem.
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