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Home » Halloween Crafts » Halloween crafts {keyboard pumpkin}

Halloween crafts {keyboard pumpkin}

October 11, 2012 By Jamie Dorobek 12 Comments

It’s day 3 of my Halloween crafting madness! Today’s craft is a true C.R.A.F.T. made from a recycled keyboard. Awhile back, Andy helped out neighbor upgrade her computer and we were also in charge of recycling the old one. We took everything but the keyboard to Best Buy for recycling. FYI: Best Buy  recycles all electronics, regardless of where you bought them (here’s a detailed link for Best Buy recycling info). I picked all the keys off of the keyboard with a flat head screw driver, and stashed them in my craft closet while I waited for inspiration to strike. Martha’s box of craft goodies inspired the painting of the keys and a pumpkin eventually evolved.

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Martha Stewart craft paint made painting the keys an easy decision, but I could’t deicde what to do with them… here are some of the (not so cute) first attempts.

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I ended up deciding to combine the pumpkin and the word spooky into a single masterpiece (or at least I think so!). I used a hot glue gun to glue the individual keys to a piece of white card stock, and then taped the card stock on the glass of  an empty frame. A super simple, recycled halloween craft. Here’s a close up of the spooky because, clearly this pumpkin is very spooky.

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Here’s this weeks schedule of easy Halloween crafts:

  • Tuesday: Newspaper print Halloween crafts + scrap bunting
  • Wednesday: Halloween coasters
  • Thursday: Recycled keyboard letter pumpkin
  • Friday: Yard ghosts

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How is your Halloween crafting going? Have you ever done a recycled keyboard project? I’ve got more keys, I need some more ideas! Have you ever used Best Buy to recycle electronics? Where else can you recycle electronics? I’d love to hear…

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Comments

  1. creativejewishmom/sara says

    September 25, 2016 at 4:29 am

    Really clever! thanks for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

    Reply
  2. Sarena @ Teal Inspiration says

    September 12, 2015 at 10:41 pm

    What a cute, fun idea to re-purpose an old keyboard into something festive for Halloween! Thanks for sharing and linking up with us at the #HomeMattersParty!

    Reply
  3. Heather says

    September 5, 2015 at 2:06 pm

    Oh my….this is amazingly perfect for me! Thanks for sharing this unique craft with #OMHGWW. And now I’m off to take apart a keyboard… 😉

    Reply
  4. Sarah R. says

    September 5, 2015 at 7:18 am

    SO cute- as an upcycler myself, I love a fun project like this. Thank you for swinging by Snickerdoodle Sunday and hope to see your latest makes later today!

    Sarah (Sadie Seasongoods)

    Reply
  5. [email protected] Interior Frugalista says

    September 3, 2015 at 10:50 am

    How creative – love this idea! I just recycled an old keyboard last week 🙁

    Reply
  6. Beverly says

    September 1, 2015 at 7:44 am

    How creative! Your pumpkin looks great! Fun way to upcycle an old keyboard. Pinned. Thanks for sharing on Snickerdoodle Sunday!

    Reply
  7. Amber says

    October 11, 2012 at 8:27 am

    So sadly the thing the jumped out at me in this pic is the book ‘The Joy of Signing” Do you know any? or did you pick the book for its orange color? Either answer is fine but I’m and interpreter so I was courious.

    Reply
    • Jamie D. says

      October 11, 2012 at 8:41 am

      I took sign language in college 🙂 I know a little, my friend gave me the book, and I used it in the pic because it was orange!

      Reply

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