Bring a little bit of the Fall season into your home with these simple Yarn Pumpkins! All you need are a couple of materials to put these together.
Materials:
– Styrofoam or Foam craft balls (any size). I got mine at the Dollar Store!
– Chunky Yarn. I used Lion Brand Wool-Ease Thick & Quick in Pumpkin color
– Cork stoppers for crafting (like THESE)
– Hot glue gun
First you will want to cut a little bit off the bottom of your foam ball so that it will sit flat. You can use a serrated knife to easy cut it.
Then poke hole or chisel enough foam away on the top for your cork to fit snuggly inside it. I used some sharp scissors to do this. Heat up your hot glue gun and start wrapping your yarn around your pumpkin, glueing as you go.
There are 3 ways you can wrap the yarn around your pumpkin. First you can do it in vertical strips, strand-by-strand (pic 1). Or you can wrap it horizontally in a spiral, starting from the top of the cork down to the bottom (pic 2). The third technique I used was wrapping it in triangular sections (pic 3). This was actually the easiest and quickest way and I like the way it looks most like a pumpkin.
Cut a little leaf out of felt and/or burlap and glue it on for a finishing touch!
These would be great on a mantel or as a centerpiece.
Now check out these other fabulous pumpkin projects from #myfavoritebloggers!
Kirsten from One Tough Mother, Adrianne from Happy Hour Projects, Marilyn from 4 You With Love, Sky from Capital B, Tara from Suburble, Bethany from Pitter and Glink, Melanie from It Happens in a Blink, Lauren from The Thinking Closet, Kara from Petals and Picots, Carlee from Ladybird Ln, ChiWei from 1 Dog Woof, Kadie from 7 Alive, Amy fromOne Artsy Mama, Sarah from Repeat Crafter Me and Nancy from Small Things with Love.
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These pumpkins are so cute! Can't wait to make some! Thanks for sharing!
These are too adorable, Sarah! I love how great they turned out, and this may be a yarn craft that I can do quite easily! 😉
I love these little pumpkins! The leaves are awesome, too – very cute fall decor!
I love these! They're so cute!
These totally look they were solid yarn! Holy optical illusion, Batman! Love the finished look including the detail of the felt and burlap leaves. Nicely done!
Warmly,
Lauren
The Thinking Closet
These totally look they were solid yarn! Holy optical illusion, Batman! Love the finished look including the detail of the felt and burlap leaves. Nicely done!
Warmly,
Lauren
The Thinking Closet
I love it! really nice!
So stinkin cute with the wine corks Sarah! And like Lauren said, I totally thought they were solid yarn too – so smart to have a ball on the inside!
adorable little pumpkins
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