You'll Need
3 ornate metal belt buckles
1 pumpkin, about 12 inches tall
Pencil or marker
Knife
Craft glue
1 ornate lamp finial
Cordless drill fitted with ¼-inch bit
4 gourds, about 4 inches tall
2 quarter-inch dowel rods, cut to the approximate diameter of your pumpkin
4 ornate drawer pulls
Heavy-gauge florist’s wire

1. Trace the inside of each belt buckle on the pumpkin with a pencil and cut to create openings for two windows and a door. Glue the hardware over the openings. Remove or cut down the stem until it’s even with the flesh of the pumpkin, and twist the finial into the top.

2. To create wheels, drill a hole through the center of each gourd. Insert one dowel rod into the holes of two gourds to create an axle, and secure with glue. Repeat to create a second set of wheels. Finish off all four wheels by inserting a drawer pull into the outside hole of each gourd for hubcaps.

3. Line up the two sets of wheels next to each other at about the same width as your pumpkin. Then wrap wire from one dowel rod to the other to fasten the axles together and to create a webbing for the pumpkin carriage to sit on.

4. Gently place your carriage on the wire.

Click here for an illustrated step-by-step

For help finding hardware to use on your carriage, check out Poppytalk's resource guide.

You'll Need
Knife
1 large pumpkin, at least 18 inches across
Toothpicks
6 to 8 mini white pumpkins, each about 2 to 3 inches wide
Small (4-ounce) paper cup
Black crepe paper
Craft glue

1. Cut out two eyes near the top of the large pumpkin. Cut out a big mouth in the middle of the pumpkin. (If it’s too low, you’ll see the candle inside.)

2. Create teeth, using toothpicks to secure the mini pumpkins in the mouth.

3. Cover the paper cup with crepe paper to make a hat. Secure with glue.

You'll Need
Black fine-point permanent marker
3 white gourds
Scissors
Small paper doilies

1. Use a black marker to draw a frightened face on each gourd.

2. Dress each maiden: Cut the center out of a paper doily and slip it over her head.

You'll Need
Knife
1 large pumpkin
Small (4-ounce) paper cup
Gauze, crepe paper or ribbon
Craft glue
Pair of vintage cotton gloves
Small dried beans (like lentils or split peas)
Dried Spanish moss

1. Cut two eyes and a mouth in the pumpkin. Use the paper cup covered with gauze to make a hat. Glue the hat to the pumpkin.

2. Fill each glove with beans, and arrange the hands so that they’re holding the pumpkin.

3. Surround with Spanish moss.

You'll Need
Melon baller
White or light-colored pumpkin
Craft glue
Black glitter
Heavy-gauge black florist’s wire

1. Scoop out shallow indents for two eyes and a mouth; allow to dry overnight.

2. Fill carved areas with craft glue and cover completely with glitter. Allow to dry.

3. Insert segments of wire above and below the mouth to form scary “stitches.”

You'll Need
Knife
Assorted pumpkins
Twigs
Hot-glue gun or craft glue
Dried leaves

1. Cut holes in the pumpkins for a door and windows.

2. Cut or break twigs to similar sizes, proportioned to your openings, and glue together in the pattern of your choice to make window frames, shutters, doors and ramps.

3. Scatter dried leaves around the base of each pumpkin house.

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