My children have seriously loved Minecraft since it was released back in 2009. So, this year I thought I would create a Halloween Minecraft Paper Pumpkin which is easy to recreate with the kids and will simply look amazing at Halloween when you’re trick or treaters arrive at the door.
This no flame Halloween Creeper style pumpkin can be made within the hour and costs under £5 to make.
The boys seem to have found a new passion for the game this year since we were introduced to the last month! Being able to interact and take the Minecraft game with them anywhere really does seem to have made a difference to their gaming habits, they will actually leave the house now! Take a look at our thoughts on the Gameband + Minecraft your kids will totally love it.
What you will need to make your Minecraft Halloween Pumpkin!
In the UK we are quite lucky because we have plenty of places to buy crafty products from. I personally used Hobby Craft and Poundland to get our supplies.
- Card Stock – Colours used orange and yellow. These come in 12 inch by 12 inch sheets. I bought 1 orange textured, 1 yellow textured and 2 orange pieces of card stock without any texturing for my Minecraft Halloween Pumpkin! The 12 x 12 size is perfect for this craft project.
- PVA glue stick
- Scissors or precision cutting knife.
- A Ruler.
- Tracing paper. 15 Sheets from poundland, what a bargain!
Step one – Design
I started by using one 12 x 12 orange sheet not textured! I began by drawing out the Minecraft Halloween Pumpkin eyes and mouth. This is where your own imagination comes into play and you make your own design on the front of the paper pumpkin.
Step two – cutting your design out
Once the design is finished now you begin to cut out the Minecraft Pumpkin. At this stage you will already see how great it looks without any additional colours attached. I recommend taking your time to get the cuts as perfect as possible. Use the precision knife to do this! If you don’t have one just take your time using scissors.
Step three – Adding texture to your design.
Now your Halloween Minecraft pumpkin is cut out. You can begin designing the flames and different textures on the front. I used blocks of 4 cm to achieve the look of our pumpkin but you can use any size you want. Just remember that to keep it authentic looking as you need it to appear blocky, just like the game.
Step four – Glue your extra blocks on.
Stick your blocks onto the front of your Minecraft Pumpkin giving it a unique looking appearance.
Step five – Creating the mouth and eyes to allow glow.
Flip you Minecraft pumpkin over and add tracing paper at the back using glue. Cover the mouth and eyes fully. This blocks the eyes but allows both natural and unnatural light to come through at the front. The Minecraft Halloween Pumpkin actually looks great on the window sill during the daytime too.
Step six – Making the stand
Use your last piece of orange 12 x 12 card and cut it in half. Fold it and bend the edges back. Once you have done this stick to the rear of your Halloween Pumpkin. Keep it as close to the edges as possible so it does not affect the light coming through the eyes and mouth of you Minecraft pumpkin.
Step seven – Add cheap and safe lighting.
Grab a cheap battery operated LED light and place it behind your new pumpkin. Then turn it on at night and watch your super awesome new Minecraft Halloween Creeper come to life.
Here are some more images of our homemade Halloween creeper in our home with and without lights.
The below image shows you our new Halloween decorations in full glow with a cheap low-cost light behind the creeper.
Now you have your lamp, you can chill out and enjoy some time playing Minecraft! With Gameband you can play Minecraft anywhere and on any computer. What’s great is you play directly from the band. There is no need to have Minecraft installed on your computer.
Gameband also comes with an animation app called , you can personalise your band by creating some really cool animations.
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Why not enter our competition to win the Gameband + Minecraft itself.
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This is such a cute idea! So creative…my nephew is really into minecraft so I’m going to print off these instructions and see if i can get him to make one with me tomorrow. No idea if he’s heard about the gameband, but I’ll bring it up and see if it earns me any extra cool points 🙂
Nessa, I hope you are able to make one of these. Good luck. I hope you gain the extra cool points, which I am sure you will.
This is really cool! I don’t know much about Minecraft to be honest, my stepson loves it but I am left clueless. He’d love this, it is brilliant.
Sian, Thank you for your lovely comment.
What a great idea! Mine are a bit too young to minecraft yet but i have friends with kids who are crazy about it. they would love this!
I love the idea of adding a miinecraft twist to halloween art. The minecraft style seems well suited to pumpkins too.
This is so clever – I can imagine there are a lot of minecraft fans WHO’D love it, especially with all the materials so easy to find for not too much.
Cathy, You are right, this cost next to nothing to produce. It’s so effective and the kids love it!
What a fab idea! My children are obsessed with Minecraft. I wonder if I can get the supplies before halloween, they’d enjoy making this! I love that you’ve stuck the blocks on and used tracing paper, this is so unique! Thank you for sharing xx
oh this is amazing. My nephew absolutely loves Minecraft . he is actually coming to ours for halloween so i am going to do this for him as a surprise.
This is such a wonderful idea. We are not into minecraft but I am sure loads of people will be doing this x
WHat a fab idea. Lots of minecraft lovers will thank you for this. Bet your kids loved it!:)
No minecraft fans here but that looks absolutely deadly!!
Thats a fab pumpkin and great for Minecraft lovers. I bet it woukd be a great thing to dO with the littlies too as a fun craft activity x
I’m still not sure what minecraft is but what a great idea and it could be adapted. We are currently into (old school) Thundercats I wonder if I could make the eye of thundera…..
Laura – Oh my God! What a great Idea, You could keep that up all year round.
This is a great idea – I’ve always loved making homemade lanterns, they look great once you have a light behind them. This is ideal for minecraft fans and looks fairly easy too!
Cliona, This is really easy to make, like with all craft just a little patience will pay off.
OH THIS IS VERY CLEVER! i HAVE A NEPHEW WHO IS MASSIVELY INTO MINECRAFT SO i’LL HAVE TO SEND THIS POST OVER TO HIS MUM, i’M SURE SHE’D APPRECIATE AN EXTRA HALF TERM ACTIVITY. 🙂 tHANKS FOR SHARING. X
Thank you Jenna. I do hope your nephew likes it. If his mum does make one, I would love to see the end result.
I’m loving all of halloween arts and crafts around at the moment. These look like so much fun!
You’re so creative, this turned out great! I think all the little minecraft fans out trick or treating will loving seeing this in your window.
Fi Ní, Thank you. We have also made another one since this. My nephew really wanted one for his house, so I have a feeling I am going to get asked on Halloween how I we made it.
This is such a great idea! I love how it looks 🙂 x
I am not a minecraft fan myself but my ex bf was. I think this is such a cute idea and great way to do something with the boys, I am sure they loved watching and even helping you out making it. Great twist on the normal halloween pumpkin. I think this one is much cooler.
Tara, Thank you so much for the lovely comment. This was really fun to make and we had no idea that the end result would look as good as it actually does. I can’t wait to have it up in the window this Halloween.
This looks amazing i am sure any minecraft loving child would adore it! x
I love this – a nice twist on a classic halloween pumpkin – i bet minecraft fans would love it!
Thank you Ali. X
Love this idea. Something about mutilating a real pumpkin then leaving it to rot doesnt SEEM RIGHT AND ITS WASTEFUL!! gREAT grEAT IDEA!!!
Like you say Monroe, the great thing about this idea is that you can save it for next year too.
This looks tricky. I do a bit of matchcraft and have the SCALPEL and boards. If I have a crack, I’ll post the results.
Omg, i love, love this idea, especially since my teenage brother decided to go as that person from minecraft 😀 I’ll definitely show this to him 🙂
Jane.. Thank you for your lovely comments! If you do make one I would love to see it.
That is just awesome, I’m going to make a few different coloured ones to pop in my sons room, he loves Minecraft … me, I haven’t got a clue lol x