Last year was our first year to participate in the Annual Staff Pumpkin Decorating Competition at Todd Hughes Orthodontics. Benjamin created this fabulous Cheeseburger and came in first place! This year we had quite a few ideas floating around in our heads but decided to create something a little more simple this year. Basing this off of our Domo Arigato pumpkin we made years ago we created this!! I give you, Metal Mouth!
We liked the idea of Metal Mouth as a play of the nickname that kids give other kids with braces. We started with an orange pumpkin and Benjamin sprayed him with a coat of silver spray paint to give him the metallic appearance.
For embellishments, we used items that can be found in the aisles of all hardware stores! We picked items that would work best for the look we were trying to accomplish.
Grab a few L-brackets, a hinge, some lag bolts, corner braces and anything else that looks cool! Get your screw gun and go to town!
For embellishments, we used items that can be found in the aisles of all hardware stores! We picked items that would work best for the look we were trying to accomplish.
We hot glued Googlie eyes and screwed in everything else.
Three hands may be necessary to position, stabilize, and screw the appropriate pieces into place.
And then, TADA! Your very own Metal Mouth or Robot pumpkin!
The cost of this project is the foam pumpkin (that you can purchase at local hobby stores for $10+) plus about $10 worth of hardware. It is an easy project for kids to make with parent supervision...or two grown adults to make with child supervision!
Can you believe October is days away?!?!
