If you’ve been here for a bit you know that Fall is my favorite season. Pumpkins just make me smile and I would like to keep them out all year! So, I have quite a collection and each year I try to think of fun, new ways to decorate with them!
I thought I’d share a round up of some of my favorite ideas. I’ve painted, carved and used pumpkins as vases for flowers. Below are some of my favorites!
First off, the large wooden pallet pumpkin is new to my she shed this year. Before it was plain and gray. Although it was pretty, I wanted to make something fun for the entrance to my Petit Chateau. So I painted it in different shades of pink and peach and painted different rows of flowers. Then I added some orange yarn to the top. Now, it’s perfect!
Next up I decided to carve a pumpkin and make a pumpkin fairy house!
I found a pretty peach pumpkin and carved the top off. I cleaned out the inside and put some battery powered twinkle lights inside. I then cute out two round windows and a square door. I grabbed some twigs and assembled them with floral wire to make a door. I hung the door on a small skewer. I then got glued acorns and dried hydrangeas on for window boxes and made a mini hydrangea wreath. I added a few sticks for window panes and topped another mini pumpkin on top with some flowers. The fun thing about making one of these is you can use what you have and be creative!
I also made a fun pumpkin with acorn flowers. This is easy! Grab some acorn tops and hot glue them onto your pumpkin. Then add some acrylic paint to make flower petals and leaves.
The pumpkin behind my acorn pumpkin is from a few years ago. I just painted florals on a craft store pumpkin. It’s still one of my favorites!
Another thing I love to use pumpkins for is floral arrangements! You can use a real or fake pumpkin. I carved out the top of a fake pumpkin and then fill it with flowers in a small vase in the pumpkin.
I hope I’ve given you some inspiration for ways to add some whimsy to your Fall decor! Let me know if you’ve tried any of these.
The Happy Door 