- 1). Use a piece of chalk to draw the shapes of the gourds and pumpkins onto the felt. Draw the pumpkin shape onto orange felt. Use dark green felt for gourds such as the Cannonball and Short-Handed Dipper and light tan felt to represent certain types of dried gourds.
- 2). Create the stems of the gourds and pumpkins by cutting small rectangles of brown felt. Cut out the shape outlines using scissors. Glue the stems to the back of the pumpkins and gourds in the appropriate location.
- 3). Trace the felt shape outlines of the pumpkins and gourds onto pieces of cardboard. Cut out each cardboard outline and attach the felt to the cardboard using fabric glue.
- 4). Add any embellishments to the pumpkin, such as black felt triangles for a Jack-O-Lantern face or light orange felt stripes for color variety. Add felt shapes to the gourds such as small circles to represent the knobs commonly found on certain varieties or stripes to represent patterns on the skin.
- 5). Glue a piece of fine-grit sandpaper to the back of the cardboard, sandpaper side out. This allows the felt shapes to easily stick to the felt board.
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