DIY Wood Pumpkins from Scrapwood
You often see this type of DIY wood pumpkins on Pinterest, but I have never made them and I had one half of a 4 by 4 in the scrap wood pile. The choices I thought of were wooden pumpkins, Frankenstein or ghosts and since Fall is just beginning these We are Blessed wood pumpkins seemed like the best choice.
a
Painted Wood Pumpkin Supplies
4 by 4 lumber
White paint & primer
Stick
Gold Sharpie pen
Cutting the Wood
The wood pumpkins are very simple to create. Starting with a 4 by 4 piece of lumber cut it into 10″, 8″, 5″ pieces to stagger them for a grouping. A chop saw works well, just be careful using it.
As the stick is so much shorter and way too dangerous to do on the chop saw, cut the sticks into three 4″ pieces using a small handsaw. Much safer that way.
Painting and Assembly
Paint with a primer and then two coats of white chalk paint.
Print out the We are Blessed printable.
Draw a line along the bottom, and across the top of the letters. This will help with the placement of the word “are”. Cut along the lines.
Place a piece of carbon paper on the painted pumpkin, for the two tallest pumpkins place the printable We and are, 1 1/2″ from the top. Trace the letters with a pen. Repeat for the second pumpkin and the word “are”.
For the smallest pumpkin measure 3/4 ” from the top and line up the word “blessing”. Transfer the lettering using the carbon paper.
Using a gold Sharpie pen repaint the carbon letters with the paint. Let dry. There may be some extra carbon on your pumpkin from transferring, remove it using an eraser.
Paint the stems gold using spray paint or any metallic gold you have on hand. Let dry.
Glue the sticks to the top of each pumpkin to make stems.
Decorating your Wood Pumpkins
As the We are Blessed wording is the focus for these pumpkins I kept the floral arrangements to a minimum. Wrap each of the pumpkins with grey moss, then add some leaves to one side, and flowers on the other.
These are sitting on my family room coffee table with a pretty tray. I did not add anything else so that they are a focal point. The moss was purchased this year as was the one sprig of flowers in grey. The arrangement cost me $10 to make, as I already had the wood. and paint. Let me know if you have any questions. I always love hearing from you.
Related Posts
Its no secret that I not only love neutral Fall decor, I really love working with scrap wood. Scrap wood projects are almost free to make AND because of that I find the, stress free. I actually “play” when I am doing scrap wood projects, allowing my creativity to take over. If I don’t paint something pretty, it cost me pennies, worst case scenario I toss it. But I often come up with something I truly love.
Like these Pallet Wood Pumpkins for a Fall Front Porch
Or this Movable Fall Table Lazy Susan Centerpiece for my always in use kitchen table.
If your really short on scrap wood or time, how about trying making some DIY Shelf Sitter Block Signs for a Coffee Station
Another year I made these easily Updatable Fall or Halloween Signs, using buffalo check fabric and then adding free printable wording over top. The post also shows the Halloween versions.
What a beautiful deco it is! I love the that included the moss. It adds this elegance vibe into the piece. I’d love to have that on my coffee table 🙂
Thank you very much Karen. It’s fun to play with embellishments, and see what you can create. I am glad you like them and thank you for commenting.
These are so gorgeous. I love the color combo and the added moss with flowers on the top. I’ll be featuring this on tonight’s MM.
So simple and so cute! Yes, “toppings” do make all the difference, but what a difference!
Thank you, Barb. I am happy you like the way I finished the pumpkins, and I appreciate you taking the time to comment.
How cute are these!! Love how you have popped the words on the front of each pumpkin and embellished them!
Thank you Sam. They looked very much like little blocks of white wood until I added the leaves. I am glad you like them.
I love this idea!!!
They are simply beautiful Leanna. How lovely with the lettering and so appropriate for this time of the year.
Hi Michelle: Thank you, my friend, these are another one of my scrap wood pile projects and they very much evolved on there own, but I really like how they turned out.
I’ve seen lots of scrap wood pumpkins on Pinterest but these, Leanna are quite beautiful! I love how you added the phrase but how you decorated the tops gave them the WOW factor. Pinned 🙂
These turned out cute and love the saying you chose.
Enjoy the rest of your day
Cindy
Thank you Cindy, I know that you see sayings everywhere, but I enjoy having one or two sayings for each holiday. I hope you have a great day as well.
What a pretty idea with scraps of wood! Great for the holidays too!
Thank you Maria. These pumpkins will be out until the Christmas stuff goes up.
Super sweet, Leanna! Love the embellishments you used! Pinned!
Thank you Julie. The new fall colour schemes are so beautiful, although a bit harder to find they are worth looking for I think. Have a great week lady.
What pretty pumpkins. And of course, the verse is so special. It will be so nice to have on display all season long.
Hi Debra, thank you. I was hoping that the wording would make them stand out more than just a simple pumpkin. I am happy to hear you like them.