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DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkins

September 12, 2014 By Meegan 4 Comments

As per my promise, I am going to share my DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkins with you today.

It’s ALMOST Mid-September and the temps are telling me Fall is on it’s way.  I am sad Summer is winding down. BUT the Fall craft ideas are peaking my interest.

DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkins

This Summer, for our Family Reunion I made a more than life-sized Jenga game with 2x4s.  I found the idea on Pinterest right here.  The kids loved it. AND, I ended up with several scraps of wood.  I KNEW I would end up using them around the house, somehow.

What should I do with all the wood. I do not have room for it. SO, I made DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkins.

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I started out with a 2x4x7 block of wood.  I nailed a nail in it for a “stem”.

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Mixing lemon yellow and Christmas red craft paint, I made orange.

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Once the paint was dry, I wrapped the nail with jute.  As I covered the nail head, I hot glued the jute in place.  (No, I didn’t burn my fingers this time. Yay me!)  I left a “tail” as part of the “stem” to look pumpkinish. (Hey! Pumkinish is a word!  Spell check didn’t correct me. Awesome.)

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By using a thin paint brush, I painted the “rib” lines.  I did that freehand.  I didn’t want them to be absolutely straight.  I like the imperfect look.

DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkins

Using scalloped craft scissors, I cut out leaves from book pages.  I folded the ends before I adhered them with hot glue to add a curve in the leaf.

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As you can see, I couldn’t just make orange pumpkins. I HAD to have a blue one, too.

By the way…the smaller DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkin is a 1x4x5 that I had leftover from another project.

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How easy was that?  All in all, it took me about an hour to make all three DIY Scrap Wood Pumpkins. Easy peasy and a cute addition for Fall and Halloween decor.

 Thanks for stopping by. I hope you had as much fun as I did.

More ideas from my blog that you might enjoy…

Fall Vintage Bicycle Rim Wreath

Lavender and White Fall Tablescape

Free Fall Printable

Filed Under: crafting Tagged With: crafting, DIY, Fall, Halloween, paint

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