Flower Pumpkins

You don’t want to deal with the mess of carving pumpkins or the gross aftermath of rotting pumpkins. If you want your DIY Halloween decor to be cute rather than spooky, make some Flower Pumpkins. Using seasonal flowers, you can make a unique and adorable DIY Halloween decoration. You can make them in different colors and sizes for a rustic and colorful decoration. Use them as a centerpiece or arrange them on your front porch. Your friends and neighbors will be jealous that they didn’t think of these DIY Halloween decorations first.

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Materials:

• FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam: Balls: 4” (2); 2.5”; and 2”
• Large Mum Bushes: Yellow and (2) Orange
• Grapevine Garland
• Craft Stick
• Make It: Fun® Foam Cutter or Serrated Knife
• Low-Temp Glue Gun
• Wire Cutters

Instructions:

1. Cut a small, flat spot off the bottom of the 4” and both of the 2.5” balls.

2. Pull the orange mum blossoms from the stems and glue to cover the 4” and one 2.5” balls.  The bottom of the balls can be left bare.  Leave a small spot at the very top to insert the stem.

3. Insert a craft stick halfway into the top of the remaining 2.5” ball and glue the other end into the 2” ball.  Pull the yellow mum blossoms from the bush and glue them to cover the two stacked balls.  Leave the bottom and a small spot at the top bare.
 

4. Cut three lengths of grapevine garland and glue to the tops of the pumpkins for stems.  Pull leaves from the mum bushes and glue in place next to the stems.