Basic Tutorial

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Great Pumpkin

Explore colors, shapes, and basic construction by creating this colorful Great Pumpkin!

0:00-0:02

The screen states “I can create!”

The logo of A Spacious Place, Inc. is located in the middle of the page.

Social media sites are on the bottom of the screen with:

0:02 – 0:04

Title page reads:

  • Project: Tissue Paper Great Pumpkins
  • Difficulty Level: Basic

0:05 – 0:07

Slide reads:

  • Supplies
    • White poster board
    • Scissors (for prep)
    • Hole punch (for prep)
    • Tissue paper in a range of colors
    • Glue sticks
    • Black construction paper
    • Green chenille stem
    • Pencil, marker, or pen
    • Optional: scissors (for students)

0:08 – 0:10

A video of a black paper with a white filigree design on it, on the bottom like a work mat. A solid black paper is on top of that. A hole punch, scissors, pencil and a glue stick and 8 clear cups. Each cup has small pieces of colored paper. The colors from left to right are purple, yellow, blue, orange, green, red, tan and pink. 

0:11 – 0:12

Slide reads: 

  • Prep!
    (Thorough preparation by the guide allows persons with limited access to or experience with creating to have a good experience.)

0:13 – 0:15

Slide reads:

  1. From poster board, cut out large pumpkins. You can offer 2 shapes so participants can choose. Punch a hole in the stem of the pumpkin. 

0:16 – 0:19

A video of a person’s hands holding two pumpkin shaped cut outs. One pumpkin shape is wide and the other pumpkin cut out is long and tall. The person punches 1 hole with the hole puncher on the top left bottom of the stem on each pumpkin. 

0:19 – 0:21

Slide reads: 

  1. Cut tissue in small squares. Separate by color. Cut the chenille stem in half. 

0:22 – 0:25

The video shows the hands of a lady, placing clear plastic cups filled with small square colored paper in each. The colors are, from left to right, green, pink, blue, orange, purple, yellow, pink and tan.  The lady folds the green chenille in half, cuts it at the bend for an equal size, with the scissors. 

0:26 – 0:29

Slide reads: 

  1. Cut black construction paper into triangles of differing sizes. Provide extra paper for add-ons. 

0:29 – 0:33

The video shows the clear plastic cups filled with small square colored paper in each. The colors are, from left to right, green, pink, blue, orange, purple, yellow, pink and tan. A lady hands is spreading small pieces of black paper, shaped in triangles in the middle of the cups. 

0:34 – 0:35

Slide reads: 

  • Let’s Create!
    (Encouraging participants to do as for themselves as possible boosts creative capacity and self-esteem!)

0:36 – 0:38

Slide reads: 

  1. Fill your pumpkins with colorful tissue paper. Glue a small area of the pumpkin at a time. Overlap the tissue paper, so no white poster board shows through. Remember – this is your Great Pumpkin creation and be any color you like! 

0:39 – 1:09

A video shows the short and wide pumpkin cut out, with a ladys hand placing pieces of a light and dark, small green squares on the stem of the pumpkin. The small paper is hanging off the pumpkin stem and she is folding and gluing it to the back of the pumpkin stem. She continues to glue more small green squares below the stem of the pumpkin and then glues, yellow on one row. The next row is pink, then a couple row of blues, a couple rows of purple. The last row is random purple and yellow squares glued on. The clear cups with all the small color paper, are placed nearby in the work station to grab and go quickly when gluing them to the pumpkin. The glue stick was nearby or in the ladys hand for quick gluing. 

1:10 – 1:12

Slide reads: 

  1. Glue on triangles to form the eyes, nose and mouth. If you like cut out and add more features, like a hair bow, mustache, or ears. 

1:13 – 1:32

Video shows the lady’s hands placing the black triangles in the location of eyes, nose, mouth and a hair bow (top right, when looking at the pumpkin right side up)

1:33 – 1:35

Slide reads: 

  1. Wrap the chenille stem around a pencil to make it coil. Slide off the stem. Insert the stem through the pumpkin stem’s hole, and twist it in place. 

Your Great Pumpkin looks great!

1:36 – 1:48

Video shows a lady’s hand wrap the chenille stem around a pencil to make it coil. Slide off the stem. Insert the stem through the pumpkin stem’s hole, and twist it in place. The pumpkin was turned right side up to show the final results. 

1:48 – 2:02

Slide reads: 

  • Skills builts
    • Increased self-awareness
    • Problem solving
    • Enhanced creative capacity
    • Fine and large muscle control
    • Overlapping
    • Patterning
    • Facial construction
    • Plant components
    • Patience, focus

2:03 – 2:05

The screen states “I can create!”

The logo of A Spacious Place, Inc. is located in the middle of the page.

Social media sites are on the bottom of the screen with:

2:06 – 2:09

The video shows a final look of the completed pumpkin project.

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