Wooden Pumpkins

I got a pile of scrap wood from my mom's house and when I came home I got that look from Wade... the "um, why?"

Me: "I am going to make them into pumpkins"

Wade: "Yes dear" he totally wasn't sold, not one bit.

But I remember last year when these were EVERYWHERE and I didn't get a chance to make them then, so I was so excited when I found scrap wood that would be perfect for them from my mom's house, and free!

Here is how they came out:

YAY! *happy dance*

Click "Read More" to see how I made them!

I used acrylic paint, sponge brushes, wine corks, hot glue and crepe paper... all stuff I had on hand so the whole project was free!

First I sanded all the edges of my wood, then I put two coats of orange paint on all sides of each piece. 

 

Then I grabbed some extra wine corks and painted those brown, I also did two coats on these but in the picture the ones that are painted have just gotten the first coat. 

After all the pieces of wood dried, I took some yellow mixed with orange and added some dimension lines to the front of all the pieces of wood. 

Then I hot glued the corks on the top in the center. 

When it came time to make the vines I searched everywhere for the green pipe cleaners I thought I had... couldn't find them so I had to get creative (that is what we bloggers do right?!) so I grabbed some green crepe paper and cut a couple feet long piece. 

I twisted it up until it was skinny and vine-like,

then cut off the ends.

Once I had that, I twisted it around my finger to get a spiral and then just wrapped it around the cork of the pumpkin, it seems to stay find without any glue but of course that is an option. 

Last, I displayed them on a shelf with a simple "family" frame I already had on hand (don't know if this family frame is done but it works for now). 

I am so excited with the way they turned out, and once they were done, even the hubbs agreed that they do indeed look like pumpkins LOL.

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