DIY wood pumpkins made with branches: easy, rustic and free!
Learn how to make your own rustic wood pumpkins using branches from your backyard!
Tools:
- Bosch variable speed orbital sander (optional)
Supplies:
- Thick round branches or round firewood logs
- Smaller twigs for pumpkin stems
- Glue gun
- or wood glue
- Natural or faux leaves
- Wire spring spine
- Wire cutters
- Jute twine
- Paper labels
- Mini alphabet stamps with ink pad
Instructions:
- Using a miter saw, cut varied lengths of round branches or firelogs.
- Snap smaller twigs to create short pumpkin stems.
- Team up a drill bit to a smaller twig, then drill holes into the center tops of the branches or firelogs.
- Add hot glue into each drilled hole, then insert a twig to create a stem.
- Embellish the tops by hot gluing real dried leaves or faux leaves near the stem.
- To add pumpkin tendrils, snap real dried tendrils from a grapevine, or use wire spiral coils to create your own. I upcycled mine from old spiral bound notebooks. The tutorial shares how to remove them easily!
- To create small fall label signs, use tiny alphabet stamps or a printer to create your desired messages. Or simply hand write. Hoop the hole through the tendril to attach, or use hot glue.
- Arrange your pumpkins on a tray, bowl, or by themselves. They are
Notes
For the full tutorial, visit Funky Junk Interiors at:
https://www.funkyjunkinteriors.net/wood-pumpkins/
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