Thankful Pumpkin

One of the sweetest DIY ideas I’ve come across in a long time came to me through One Artsy Moma’s  Instagram.  Things we are thankful for are hand written spiraling down a pumpkin.  It made a lovely center piece for the table. The family members quickly took to adding things they are thankful for, even little grand.

She is just learning to read and write in kindergarten and was thrilled when I handed her the marker and said “Yes, you can write on the pumpkin.”  It was heartwarming and I was overwhelmed when she wrote my name along with the bunnies, babies, horses and puppies she is thankful for.

All you need for this activity is a pumpking and sharpie permanent marker.  

Sock Pumpkin

It's laundry day and yet another orphan sock has been added to a growing basket of orphaned socks!  Since I've been on an up cycle pumpkin binge lately...why not turn a sock into a killer pumpkin?  It was super easy, I made one while having morning coffee on my patio.

Basic supplies needed are:

a sock

scissors

needle

thread or string

fiber fill

twig

Cut the top of the sock off.

Pull one of the openings closed using thread then stuff with fiber fill.

Push the needle from the bottom through the fiber fill to the top.

Pull the top closed with thread.

Wrap the thread from the top over the side to the bottom.

Push the needle through the bottom up through the middle back to the top.

Pull the the thread tight.

This creates the pumpkin ribs.

Do this again to make 8 ribs.

Tie it off with a knot on the bottom.


Glue on a twig for the stem and you have a little pumpkin. 



I really like the white ghost pumpkins, don't you?

I'm awfully glad you stopped by, I hope you'll leave a comment.

P.S.  K is not just for the Knot in the string.  K is also for Kind of you to stop by!

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Doily pumpkin

An ugly duckling story about a Halloween decoration.

Once upon a time someone bought this plastic battery operated pumpkin for Halloween.  It was ugly and was almost tossed out to the garbage truck for pick up.  But alas, an old woman rescued it and it became  a beautiful fall decoration!  This is how it happened.

The old woman brought the plastic pumpkin in from the garbage

and placed it on a doily.  There was an instant attraction.

She measured it for a transformation in her mind.

 

Some quilt batting was cut to fit.

 

The pumpkin was swaddled in the batting cozily.

Some jute rope was cut and taped together.

The doily covered the batting and was held in place with the jute.

A stem was crafted from the ends of the jute. 

The transformation was amazing.

Then the newly transformed pumpkin sighed happily

as it rested on a table center piece and

heard the trash truck pass by.

 

Save an ugly plastic pumpkin! 

You will need:

 A plastic pumpkin, measuring tape, scissors, tape, quilt batting, doily, jute rope.

Transform an ugly plastic pumpkin:

• Measure the circumference of the pumpkin and cut some batting.
• Cut 4 lengths of jute twice as long as the circumference of the pumpkin.
• Follow the photo tutorial for wrapping the pumpkin.
• After wrapping the jute around the doily, use an additional length of jute to tie the ends together
• to form a stem, fold the ends of the jute back over itself.
• Use more jute to wrap around the ends starting from the base up and back down (ending where you started) Tie it off at the base.
• Add a couple fall leaves and display your saved pumpkin.

 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed my pumpkin story!

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