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THE IMPORTANT STEPS: 1. Start by laying some newspaper or an old tablecloth down on your work surface. Please note, that acrylic paint WILL stain fabrics! 2. Paint an even coat of orange over the entire visible surface of your container, and the lid if it has one. Once the first coat is applied, rest the unpainted bottom down to allow your paint to dry. 3. Once the first coat is dry, apply a second coat. A third coat might be needed if you can still see the product label through your paint. 4. While your second coat of paint is drying, take your Toilet Paper roll, and cut it down to size to look like a proper-length stem for your pumpkin’s container! For our container, cutting it in about half worked perfectly. 5. Paint the stem green, adding some streaks of yellow or white as you wish for added texture! 6. Set the stem aside and start to paint details on your orange pumpkin’s base coat. This can be a dark orange, red-orange, yellow, white, or even green! 7. When the stem is fully dried, cut about 4-5 pieces of your green curling ribbon. These will be the “vines” coming off your stem and can be however long looks best for your pumpkin. Ours were cut about 6-8” in length, and then curled with scissors. 8. Take each end of the curling ribbon, one at a time, and tape them to the inside of your stem. Once each vine is applied, you can move to the next step. 9. When all materials have had their painted final touches, and have fully dried, take your craft glue and apply a circle of it (the width of the base of your toilet paper roll), to the lid of your pumpkin. Gently press the bottom of your stem into the glue, the side down that has the vines coming out, and hold it in place momentarily (until the glue starts to set). You want the vines to cascade down over the edges of your pumpkin. If the stem lifts a bit, place either a book or flat object on top of the stem to weigh it down, until the glue dries. You are done once the glue is fully set and dried! Be sure to share photos of your crafted pumpkins with us on social media! @performancefoodcenters Sierra Dorschutz is a Graphic Designer for Simple Again, an Artist, and a Part-Time Mad Food Scientist. Nutrition Quarterly · 2021 – Volume 4 15 Featured Articles