Halloween Raven Pumpkin DIY Craft

Hello Ghoulish Friends,

I have a HAUNTINGLY craftsy DIY for you today. Come sit for a SPELL and I’ll show you how to make a WICKEDLY cute pumpkin with a raven perched on it; inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven”. I hope you enjoy!

Items needed for this DIY

pumpkin from Dollar Tree
book pages
small raven
Spanish moss
cork covered in twine
brown wire, or other embellishments
white paint and paintbrush
Mod Podge
scissors
glue gun

I began this project by painting the pumpkin with white paint. It took two coats for good coverage. Any white paint will work but I used chalk paint.

Then I printed pages from the poem, “The Raven” and stained them with watered down brown paint to “age” them.

After the pages were dry, I cut the pages into strips of two lines each, so it would be easier to attach to the pumpkin.

One by one, I began gluing the strips onto the pumpkin. I saved back the title and the strip with the first few lines so it would have a prominent place on the pumpkin.

I glued six or eight strips on, then I would let that dry before I went on. It was a little time-consuming but definitely worth it in the end.

And then I finally attached the title and the first few lines in a very visible spot.

Once the pumpkin was dry, I was ready to attach the stem. I wrapped a cork with twine, but any type of stem could be used.

I glued the stem in a next of Spanish moss onto the pumpkin. Then I glued the raven beside it and added a few pieces of brown wire. (Find ravens here and find brown wire here using my affiliate links.)

And, my FRIGHTFULLY delightful project is finished! I just LOVE how this turned out!