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DIY Wood Bead Pumpkin

In: Fall Decorating Ideas & Projects

OK, I have a quick little Fall DIY for you today!! Seriously, if you leave the beads unfinished this DIY wood bead pumpkin will take you 5 minutes to make!!

How To Make A Wood Bead Pumpkin

dyeing the beads

For this project, I’m using 16mm natural unfinished wood beads. I am going to dye mine but you can totally leave them the natural wood tone and your bead pumpkin will come out just as cute!

When I recently made my wood bead wreath, I used this fun technique for quickly dyeing wood beads without the hassle of trying to paint each one.

I filled a plastic container with super hot water added a couple of tablespoons of dark brown rit dye and gave the beads a bath for a few minutes.

Drain it out after about 5 minutes and give the beads a quick rinse and they turn out looking like you painstakingly stained each one!!

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  • dying wood beads
  • dying beads with fabric dye
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copper wire

Using 18 gauge copper wire ( I found it over with the picture hanging supplies at Lowe’s; I’m sure you could pick it up with the jewelry-making supplies at the craft store too). This wire is thicker than floral wire and stiffer.

Next, I cut 4 pieces to about a foot long (totally eyeballed it!) and crisscrossed them on my work table.

copper wire

I just twisted them all together in the center…by the way this craft is super simple…we’ll be done in a couple of minutes!!

supplies for making a bead pumpkin

Then I threaded the 12 beads onto each branch of the copper wire.

This project can be adjusted for size…less or more wood beads depending on how large you want it to be.

making the wood bead pumpkin

wood beads on copper wire

After I finished stringing on the beads I twisted the wires tightly to secure the wood beads in place ( I put on my work gloves because it was a little tough on my fingers).

making a wood bead pumpkin

Just use your hand to shape it into a pumpkin shape then push the bottom down flat to make the base.

  • wood bead pumpkin
  • brown wood bead pumpkin

I yanked a leaf off of a Fall pick and brushed it with copper paint to pop on top of the pumpkin.

painting a faux leaf

DIY wood bead pumpkin

And here’s my little pumpkin!! I’m loving the darker wood and copper tones in my kitchen this Fall!

DIY wood bead pumpkin

For more Autumn inspiration check out My Best Fall Decorating Ideas and The Best DIY Fall Wreaths!

budget friendly fall wreaths!

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By: Jennifer Howard · In: Fall Decorating Ideas & Projects · Tagged: diy, fall decor

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  1. Stacey says

    September 8, 2021 at 10:20 am

    This turned out so pretty, Jennifer! So classy, simple and minimalistic – totally my style!

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  2. Cat says

    September 7, 2021 at 9:41 am

    Love the simplicity of this pumpkin. As always thank you for your talents.

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      September 8, 2021 at 4:48 am

      Thanks so much Cat! I really appreciate your kind words!!

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