Thanksgiving is almost here, and with it comes family, friends, and delicious foods. Soon, roasted turkey, juicy ham, cranberry sauce, and pumpkin pie will cover the table, and to make it extra festive this year, why not add a few decorations? This little fox is a great way to furnish your Thanksgiving table as it is small and uses a pumpkin for its base. Using only two colors of paints, a pinecone, and a Sharpie, this fox pumpkin will last much longer than a carved one. Easy and fun to make, this pumpkin design came from the online store Grandinroad, and it is a great project to do with friends. Instead of painting a fox, you can modify the design slightly by using different colored paints to make other animals like a dog, a turkey, or an owl. Let’s get crafting!
Tools and Equipment:
- Two pumpkins, one smaller and one larger
- White and yellow paints
- A large and smaller brush
- A thin and thick Sharpie or a paint pen
- A hot glue gun
- A small, long pinecone
Directions:
Before you begin, gather your supplies. A larger flat brush and a small flat brush will work best for this project, and foam pumpkins will work just as well as real ones. Make sure that the larger pumpkin has no stem so that the smaller one will fit on top.
First, paint a white heart shape on the front of your larger pumpkin, and then use a dry brush and a little bit of white to blur out the edges.
After the stomach has dried, use a thin Sharpie to draw little curvy and straight lines around the white heart to make it look more like fur. Add a few lines inside the fur as well.
Now take your smaller pumpkin and paint a little white oval where the nose will go. Then lightly paint to two large leaf shapes connecting to the nose on either side of the face. 
Paint two yellow leaf shapes for the eyes. Then use a Sharpie to outline the eyes and draw in the iris. Color in the nose and add two curve half circles for the fox’s mou0th.
Add two white triangles above the eyes and use white paint to add reflection in the eyes. Finish off the face by outlining the ears in black with a thick Sharpie and adding little stripes of fur around the noise and eyes with a smaller Sharpie.
Lastly, use a hot glue gun to attach the head to the body, and glue on a pine cone pointy side down onto the back of your pumpkin like a tail.
Display your fox on your Thanksgiving table with pinecones and maple leaves, and you’re finished!
Works cited:
“Woodland Pumpkin, Fox.” Grandinroad, https://www.grandinroad.com/woodland-pumpkin-2c-fox/1286732.
Photo Credit: Author