Mickey’s Halloween Village ferris wheel brings Gawrsh Darn Fun to your fall decor. Indeed, the piece’s movement, lights and sound make a realistic ride!
What’s more, the Gawrsh Darn Fun ferris wheel adds a fall festival feel to Department 56’s Disney Pumpkintown village. So far, this village, first introduced in 2021, includes all the pieces below. While some are available online at bronners.com, you’ll find others in-store or by contacting customer service at 800.361.6736 or customerservice@bronners.com.
Department 56 Disney Pumpkintown Village Checklist
2021 (January)
- Mickey’s Pumpkintown House — 2021 – In fact, we featured Mickey’s and Minnie’s Pumpkintown Houses on our blog!
- Minnie’s Pumpkintown House — 2021
- Mickey & Minnie’s Costume Fun — 2021
- Donald & Pluto’s Tussle — 2021
- Mickey’s Pumpkintown Street Lights — 2021
- Mickey’s Town Center Pumpkin — 2021
- Mickey’s Pumpkintown Topiaries (set of 2) — 2021
2021 (October)
8. Mickey’s Haunted Manor — 2021
9. Halloween Treats From Goofy — 2021
10. Pumpkintown Manor Tree — 2021
2022 (October)
11. Pumpkintown Carving Studio — 2022
12. Minnie Picks A Winner — 2022
13. Pumpkintown Water Tower — 2022
2023 (October)
14. Minnie’s Kissing Booth — 2023 – We also featured Minnie’s Kissing Booth on our blog!
15. Mickey Buys A Ticket — 2023
16. Candy Corn Topiaries (set of 2) — 2023
2024 (October)
17. “Gawrsh Darn Fun!” Pumpkintown Ferris Wheel — 2024
DIY Pumpkin People & Mickey’s Halloween Village Ferris Wheel
In short, I met my first pumpkin person on Pinterest a year or two ago. Turns out, his poseable limbs are retail products readily available online. At any rate, he’s darling, isn’t he?
However, you may want a smaller pumpkin person like I did with Mickey’s Halloween Village Ferris Wheel. In that case, you can use plastic skeleton limbs! Since plastic skeletons come in a variety of sizes, there’s a size out there that should work for your pumpkin person.
Pumpkin Person Supplies & Assembly
In particular, you’ll need
- a pumpkin of your choice
- a skeleton proportional to your pumpkin
- Phillips screwdriver
All in all, the skeleton legs, fully extended, should be slightly shorter than the height of your pumpkin, stem included. In addition, the arms should be just under three quarters the height of your pumpkin, stem included. For reference, my pumpkin was 10 inches tall (base to tip of stem). Also, my skeleton, for purchase purposes, was 16 inches long. Given that, the legs were 8 3/4 inches long and the arms were 6 1/4 inches long. Remember, proportions are approximate.
To assemble:
- First of all, you should wash and dry your pumpkin.
- Second, you want to remove the arms and legs from your plastic skeleton while you give your pumpkin a few extra minutes to air dry. Although I was able to pop the legs off the skeleton, removing the arms without breaking them required removing two screws at each shoulder. Easy peasy.
- Thirdly, you need to find a Phillips screwdriver with a tip the same width as the peg end of the limb joints. In my case, the leg and arm end widths were the same, 3/16 inch.
- Next, you will want to determine placement of the limbs on the pumpkin and mark the spots by pressing lightly into the pumpkin with the screwdriver tip.
- Now, you can carefully twist and turn the end of the screwdriver into the marked spot. Given that, you will only want to go as deep as the joint peg. Repeat for each limb.
- Finally, you should stick the joints into the holes. The joints should, no doubt, fit snuggly in place.
Pumpkin Person *NOTE*
Since my display sat on a white surface, I decided my pumpkin person’s limbs needed to be black. Unfortunately, black skeletons are only available in tiny and extra-large sizes. However, this was an easy fix since a partial can of glossy black spray paint sat in our blog closet. To sum up, observe ventilation guidelines, protect your surface, spray carefully and observe dry times. Now you’re all set! All in all, you could use a glow-in-the-dark spray or any color spray you wish for your pumpkin person’s limbs.