Halloween Crafts don’t have to be hard or time consuming! Make a Trick or Treat Pumpkins using your Cricut and come away with an adorable Halloween craft that is super easy!
Halloween is the perfect time to pull out your Cricut and get crafting! There are so many fun Halloween crafts that are so easy to make. And our Trick or Treat Pumpkin craft is no excepetion.
This craft is fairly inexpensive and would be easy enough to make with children or for a Halloween party.
What does the Cricut Easypress Mini do?
The Cricut Easypress Mini makes amazing heat-transfer results possible for all your sorts of shapes, objects and projects. Because of its well thought out and compact design it effortlessly curves with contours, gets between buttons, and squeeze into seams.
Can I use an iron instead of a mini press?
If you don’t have a mini press you can use a house hold iron. It is definitely possible to achieve the results you want as long as you use it correctly. However, I highly recommend getting a mini press if you can! I use mine all the time and the mini press is a lot easier to maneuver and use than the iron. If you think you will be crafting and using your Cricut a lot- it really would be worth it in the long run!
Tips for removing excess vinyl
You will want to weed out excessive vinyl. This means removing any excess vinyl from around your design that you do not want to be transferred to your final product.
To weed off the excess vinyl, you will need some kind of tool.
A Cricut hook, tweezer, a crafting knife or a straight pin are all great options.
You’ll want to make sure you have good lighting so you can see your cut lines properly. I always have to hold it up the light or window! Once you have your eye on the cut lines, use the weeding tool of your choice to gently lift up the edge of the negative space it pull it up off the paper.
How to make Trick or Treat Pumpkins
SVG File
To get the SVG file for this project, click download below:
Here are the supplies you will need
- Velvet covered pumpkins (from Dollar Tree)
- Black heat transfer vinyl found on Amazon / Cricut.com
- SVG File
- Mini press
- Weeding Tools (Cricut.com / Amazon)
- Hot glue gun and glue sticks
- Cricut Explore Air 2 (or similar cutting device) (Cricut.com / Amazon)
Instructions
- Upload the cut file into Design Space and resize the words to fit on the pumpkins.
- Flip the file or set the mat to mirror.
- Cut the file on black heat transfer vinyl.
- Weed out excess vinyl, then cut out each word. Place the word on the front of the pumpkin and use the Mini Press to press the vinyl onto the pumpkin.
- Remove the stem from the top of the pumpkins that say “or” and “treat.” Use the hot glue gun to glue the pumpkins on top of each other.
Trick or Treat Pumpkins
Halloween Crafts don’t have to be hard or time consuming! Make a Trick or Treat Pumpkins using your Cricut and come away with an adorable Halloween craft that is super easy!
Materials
- Velvet covered pumpkins (from Dollar Tree)
- Black heat transfer vinyl
- Cut file
- Mini press
- Hot glue gun
Tools
- Mini press
- Hot glue gun
- Cricut Explore Air 2 or similar cutting device
Instructions
- Upload the cut file into Design Space and resize the words to fit on the pumpkins.
- Flip the file or set the mat to mirror.
- Cut the file on black heat transfer vinyl.
- Weed out excess vinyl, then cut out each word. Place the word on the front of the pumpkin and use the Mini Press to press the vinyl onto the pumpkin.
- Remove the stem from the top of the pumpkins that say “or” and “treat.” Use the hot glue gun to glue the pumpkins on top of each other.
Here are more fun Halloween Crafts you might enjoy:
- The Best Cricut Halloween Ideas: Decorations and other Spooky Projects
- DIY Halloween Lumineers
- DIY Halloween Sign- FREE SVG File
- 30 Adorable Newborn Halloween Costume Ideas
- Easy Halloween Tulle Wreath Tutorial
- Welcome to Our Patch – DIY Halloween Sign
- FREE You’ve Been Boo’ed Print Out
- Easy Dollar Tree Pumpkin Craft
Katie is a Colorado-native, BYU graduated, and most importantly, wife to one and mother to three beautiful boys. She is passionate about sharing her experiences with others – especially about pregnancy, breastfeeding, cooking, and crafts. She is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. She loves spending time with her family and helping others find joy in family life.
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