Make a BB-8 Pumpkin This Halloween

Posted by: Jennifer Retzlaff October 8, 2020 Comments Off on Make a BB-8 Pumpkin This Halloween

Looking for a fun, creative pumpkin design this Halloween season? Consider trying this BB-8 design from Star Wars. Transform two pumpkins into the lovable BB-8. Follow these directions from Star Wars to create your very own.

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What You Need

BB-8-template
Small white pumpkin
Large white pumpkin
Black spray paint
Plastic Easter egg
Black enamel dot sticker or black faux pearl sticker
Orange and silver acrylic paint
Scissors
Pumpkin carving knife
Pushpin
Tape
Pencil
Battery-powered candle

A BB-8 pumpkin is surrounded by a pool of black liquid atop a wrinkled white plastic sheet, creating a dramatic Star Wars-themed Halloween display perfect for fans visiting Galaxy’s Edge. — Credit: Star Wars

Begin by spray painting the bottom half of the plastic Easter egg black. Let dry completely.

Next, take the small pumpkin, and paint a thick silver circle around the stem. Let dry completely.

Hot glue the egg bottom to the front of the small pumpkin as BB-8’s eye. Stick the faux pearl sticker just below it to the right. (If you don’t have either of these items, you can simply paint the two circles.)

Paint the two orange stripe designs around the small pumpkin, using the Databank imagery for reference.

A Halloween pumpkin craft inspired by Star Wars, spotlighting a white pumpkin transformed into BB-8, set beside a paint palette and brush—perfect for fans looking to bring intergalactic fun home from Galaxy’s Edge. — Credit: Star Wars

Set aside the small pumpkin for all paint to dry completely.

A gleaming white pumpkin with its top removed, revealing a hollow interior brimming with seeds—ready to be transformed into a show-stopping Halloween prop for your next theme park event or an eye-catching feature along Main Street during the fall festivities.

Next, carve out the large white pumpkin as you would normally for a jack-o’-lantern, cutting as small an opening at the top as possible so that you can still scoop out the seeds.

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Cut out the BB-8 template above, cutting around the orange circle on the outside edge.

BB-8-themed white pumpkin on display, featuring an orange and white stencil taped on top with a gear or starburst cut-out—resembling props found at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge during Halloween festivities. — Credit: Star Wars

Tape the template to the pumpkin. Use a pushpin to poke holes along the grey edge of the design where it touches the orange.

Trace the outside orange circle with a pencil.

A BB-8-inspired white pumpkin, featuring a round, gear-shaped opening, is displayed on a speckled countertop—perfect for Star Wars fans looking to add a touch of galactic fun to their Halloween décor. — Credit: Star Wars

Remove the template. Carve the design you just outlined with the pushpin. (Do not carve the circle around it you traced with the pencil.)

Repeat until you have several carved circle designs around BB-8’s body.

A partially carved pumpkin sits beside a paint palette with bright yellow paint and a brush on a brown textured cloth, setting the stage for your next Halloween pumpkin decorating adventure inspired by your favorite theme park festivities. — Credit: Star Wars

Use the orange acrylic paint to fill in the circle designs you traced. Let dry.

Place the battery-powered candle in the body, and then gently stack the head on top. You can discard the “lid” you carved so that the small pumpkin sits flat and snugly, if necessary.