How to Decorate a Halloween Pumpkin Patch Cubicle

Nothing says Halloween more than pumpkins and a pumpkin patch. And nothing is more fun than adding Halloween to the office. Wearing a costume is fun, but decorating a cubicle for Halloween adds extra atmosphere and enjoyment. Decorate a cubicle as a pumpkin patch for a special Halloween treat.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Bulletin board (butcher paper) paper in light blue and green
• Push pins
• Construction paper in orange and green
• Scissors
• Paper glue or glue stick
• Green or brown cloth
• Paper wads
• Pumpkins, real or plastic, in a variety of sizes
• Wire
• Florist tape
• Scarecrow
• Bushel basket
• Plastic jack-o-lanterns
• Glow stick
• Jack-o-lantern lights (optional)
• Pumpkin treats; candy, pumpkin bread, pumpkin seeds

1. Set up a background. Cover the cubicle walls with light blue bulletin board paper to represent sky. Attach to the walls with clear push pins. Add ground with green bulletin board paper. Cut very small pumpkins out of orange construction paper. Glue to the bulletin board paper.

2. Put in the ground. Use green or brown to cover empty areas of the cube. Make small mounds by stuffing wads of paper under the cloth.

3. Place the pumpkins. Use real pumpkins or plastic ones in a wide variety of sizes. Connect some of the pumpkins with "vines" made of wire covered in florist tape. Cut leaves from green construction paper and attach to the vines with glue. Be generous in placing the pumpkins; put large ones in back and smaller ones in front. The more pumpkins, the better the pumpkin patch.

4. Add details. Prop a scarecrow in the corner. Fill a bushel basket with small pumpkins and put to the side. Cut a green stem from construction paper and attach to the top of the computer. Put in a prominent place a plastic jack-o-lantern with a glow stick inside.

5. Make an entrance. Construct a vine from wire and florist tape. Add leaves and tiny plastic pumpkins. Place along the entrance of the cubicle. If allowed, use plastic jack-o-lantern lights to light the entrance. Make a sign that declares this a pumpkin patch, worthy of the Great Pumpkin!

6. Serve treats. Provide candy sugar pumpkins, pumpkin bread and pumpkin seeds to visitors. Serve in a plastic jack-o-lantern.

7. Wear a costume. On Halloween, dress as the Great Pumpkin, a farmer, the Headless Horseman, a scarecrow or a pumpkin.

Tips & Warnings

• Be creative. Carve a real jack-o-lantern. Turn the computer into a large pumpkin. Use dried corn-stalk for more of a pumpkin patch feel. With a pumpkin theme, anything pumpkin goes!
• Always follow office policy with regard to decorating cubicles.
• Never permanently affix decorations to the cubicle.
• Always clean up the decorations promptly after Halloween.