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How To Make Yarn Pumpkins

In: DECORATING, DIY Decorating Projects, Fall Decorating Ideas & Projects

Today I am going to show you how to make yarn pumpkins using discount store foam pumpkins and some extra yarn. Make a few of these fuzzy, adorable yarn pumpkins to use in your Fall decorating this year!

Have you seen all the adorable sweater pumpkins in the stores for Fall? I love how cozy and fuzzy they are!

I had a stockpile of different foam pumpkins that I bought at a discount store for $1 and a bunch of different yarn leftover from my DIY Yarn Tree project for last Christmas. I knew I could figure out a way to DIY yarn pumpkins.

pumpkins and acorn

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YARN PUMPKIN SUPPLIES

I’m going to make 3 different pumpkins for this project. For each pumpkin, I used a foam pumpkin, textured yarn, a yarn needle, a wood stem (Dollar Tree sells bags of them), and a hot glue gun.

blue pumpkin

SUPPLIES:

  • Small Foam Pumpkins
  • Assorted Textured Yarn
  • Yarn Needle
  • Wood Stems
  • Hot Glue Gun.

How To Make A Yarn Pumpkin

Hollow out the pumpkins

To start, I removed the fabric from my pumpkin and used a knife to hollow it out…you need space inside the pumpkin when you wrap the yarn around it.

yarn pumpkins
foam pumpkin
HOLLOWING OUT THE FOAM PUMPKIN

Thread the Yarn Through Pumpkins

I cut a piece of yarn about 5 feet long and tied one end to the yarn needle. I simply weaved the yarn through the center and wrapped it around the pumpkin.

When I got to the end of the strand I hot glued the end to the pumpkin; I then cut another 5 ft length of yarn and repeated until I had covered the pumpkin.

It doesn’t matter where the piece of yarn happens to end because it will be hidden by the other strands of yarn.

I overlapped the yarn as I was wrapping it around the pumpkin to make sure the white of the foam pumpkin wouldn’t show through.

yarn pumpkin
HOT GLUE THE ENDS OF THE YARN TO THE PUMPKIN

Here are the stages of threading the yarn through the pumpkin

yarn pumpkin
covering pumpkin with yarn
weaving yarn around pumpkin
covering pumpkin with yarn
gray yarn pumpkin

Add A Wood Stem

yarn pumpkin- adding stem
ADDING A WOOD STEM

I hot glued a wood stem on top and pushed it down a little.

Pumpkin With Chunky Yarn

For the last pumpkin, I used a super chunky yarn. I didn’t even need a needle; it’s so easy to just thread it through the center by hand.

white yarn pumpkin
white yarn pumpkin
white yarn pumpkin

Aren’t they adorable? I nestled them in a wooden crate with some greenery and baby’s breath.

3 yarn pumpkins in a wood box
RUSTIC BARN NESTED TRAY- WALMART
yarn pumpkins

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      Thanks Allison!I just found another container of pumpkins when I was organizing my storage bins…I can send you some!!!

      Reply

  4. Misty says

    I love these! I did something similar at AR Workshop using chunky knit yarn, but I really like your variations. I had no idea you could buy the wood stems, I’m usually out hunting in my yard for sticks, LOL! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Jennifer Howard says

      Thank you Kim!! They were fun to make…and after enjoying the summer it was nice to get back downstairs to my workshop!

      Reply

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