I made this in October and I have to tell you all that it was so quick and easy to make -- you too can have one for a centerpiece for the upcoming US Thanksgiving holidays.
What you need: one foam pumpkin I found at the $1 store, old sewing patterns, small foam brush, gloss matte medium (or watered down white glue if you have it on hand), flowers or fall decorations of any kind and straight pins or hot glue to attach them.
Use a foam brush to put the glue on the pumpkin and then layer the sewing patterns over the glue, pressing it in to the curves of the pumpkin think decoupage. Even cover the stem. Brush more glue over the paper. Let dry!
For the decorations, you can use leaves from the yard (yes you can) or small pine cones, silk flowers, felt flowers and the like. I had a silk leaf and some fall colored felt to make the flowers. To attach these, I used straight pins through the center of the flowers into the pumpkin itself. Done! So easy and fast!
FYI you can use the plastic pumpkins (candy buckets) for the base too and put flowers into it as an autumn bouquet.
Enjoy!
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