Pumpkins!

These are inexpensive foam pumpkins. A project I'm kind of getting addicted to. The first shot is a topiary.

TOPIARY

3-4 foam pumpkins.

Black lace in different patterns 1/2 yd. for each pumpkin

Glue, needle and thread

Urn you have lying around your house.

1/4 " dowel

cream colored craft paint

For the topiary, paint some off white. I pulled off the stem and vines of all the pumpkins, except the top one. Fill the hole with hot glue (sawdust spills out)

Cover pumpkins tightly with lace and stitch bottom or glue and trim excess. Cut a small hole in the lace for the top pumpkin's stem and vine to poke out.

I was looking for a dot patterned lace, and being impatient and not finding one, I just inserted upholstery tacks around the pumpkin and then covered it with a double layer of black tulle yardage.

Insert dowel in the bottom two and stack in a urn large enough to hold them. Trim stick if needed and insert in the bottom of the top pumpkin. I'm in love with these.

PAINTED PUMPKIN

Using the craft foam pumpkins, paint off white and let dry.

Stud pumpkin with upholstery nails randomly or in swirls etc..

Tie off the stem lots of fun ribbons.

METALLIC PUMPKIN
1 foam craft pumpkin

Silver paint

craft sealer top coat spray paint

Paint and let dry. Spray with a sealer. Top with ribbons and stack in a basket or on top of a candlestick etc..