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Pumpkin Pins
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These pins are festive and easy to make. All you need is some, felt, juice can tops and a little imagination! Remember to use a permanent magic marker if you decide to draw on the felt pin- you don't want your design to disappear : )

What you need:

• Felt
  - orange, green, black
• Glue
  - tacky glue or a hot glue gun works well
• Pin backs
  - can be bought easily at local craft store
• Scissors
• Juice can tops
  - the size depends on how big you'd like your pin to be.
• Permanent magic markers
• Pencil
  - a sewing marking pencil may be good here.

What you do:

1. Place juice can top on felt and trace around it with a pencil or sewing marking pencil. You are going to cut TWO of these shapes out of the felt- one for the front of the pin and one for the back of the pin. The juice top forms a stable middle for the pin.
2. Using your scissors cut out TWO tracings of the can top. You can make the circle appear more pumpkin like by cutting a small notch in the circle to form the place where the pumpkin's stem would come out.
3. Using either felt or a permanent magic marker create a face for your pumpkin pin. Do this for only one of the two circles. The remaining circle will be on the back of the pin. You can add the traditional "pumpkin vertical line" with the marker. The pin can be personalized using bits of ribbon, buttons for the eyes etc. Please do all decorated before assembling the pin.
4. Attach face pieces to the front of your pin with either tacky glue or hot glue gun. With the juice top sandwiched in between the two pieces of felt, glue the edges of the felt pieces together. Glue a pin backing onto the back of the undecorated pumpkin (the back of your pin).