Mummy Pumpkin

Tonight I finished the first of my themed pumpkins.  Mummy Pumpkin is super simple, and very inexpensive to make.  I got all of the items, except for the paint at the Dollar Tree. 

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I started with one of the mini pumpkins in the Halloween section.  I bought these a week or two ago where there were plenty in stock.  When I was there in Sunday, they were all gone.  Hopefully if you do this craft, you will find some in stock at your store. 

Updated (the pumpkins are now available online at DollarTree.com.  They are available in orange and white, and in smaller quantities. 

Using white craft paint I painted the entire pumpkin white.  

To get the best coverage, I had to paint more than on coat. 

I found this bag of google eyes in the craft aisle.  For this craft I used 2 of the largest eyes.  I used several of the smaller eyes on another project.  

Once the pumpkin was paint was dry,  I  glued on two of the google eyes.  I used regular Elmers glue since I can not seem to find my glue gun at the moment.  

I thought it would be cute to add a mouth on my mummy. It really is a matter of preference.   I like cuter mummies over scary mummies.  Again since I do not have my glue gun,  I used  Elmers glue.  It was not sticking well, so I used two pieces of tape to hold it in place.  The tape will not show once you wrap your mummy. 

I found rolled gauze in the health and beauty aisle.  One package  is more than enough for the mummy.  

I wrapped the gauze around the pumpkin several times covering all but the eyes.  Since I like a cute mummy, I left my gauze plain white and soft.  If you would like a scarier mummy, the gauze can easily be "dirtied" with a bit  of paint.   The gauze can also be hardened with fabric stiffener if desired. 
To keep things neat and simple,  I just taped the end of the gauze on the bottom of the pumpkin.

I will be adding tutorials for mummy's friends shortly.