How to Make a Fake Halloween Pumpkin Patch

Make a fake Halloween pumpkin patch in your yard to welcome all the little ghosts and goblins. Having a theme in your yard is fun for the little ones that come out for trick or treating. Making a pumpkin patch does not take much money--you just need a few real pumpkins mixed with some fake homemade pumpkins to make the patch full.

Things You'll Need

• Plastic pumpkin bags
• Pumpkins
• Leaves
• Hay

Instructions

1. Buy plastic Halloween pumpkin bags from a local retail store. Stuff the bags with leaves. Not only is this a good way to get rid of the leaves in the yard and the neighborhood, you will have many larger pumpkins for the pumpkin patch.

2. Visit a local pumpkin patch and pick out about twenty different sized pumpkins. The sizes can range from very small to large.

3. Set the pumpkin leaf bags around the yard. Mix in some real pumpkins among the plastic bag pumpkins. Make rows for pumpkins to give the real feeling of a pumpkin patch.

4. Spread some hay around the yard and the pumpkins. This does not have to be a lot of hay, but enough to cover the grassy areas.

5. Add some scarecrows to make the pumpkin patch a little more authentic. Carve a few of the real pumpkins and add lighting such as a candle or a solar light so the little ones can see where they are walking through the pumpkin patch.

Tips & Warnings

• If using candles for light, make sure the candles are set up off the hay.

• The pumpkin patch could line the way to the goodies for the trick or treaters.

• The person handing out the goodies could be dressed as a big pumpkin to add to the scenery.

• Make sure there is enough light so the little ones can see where they are walking.