Make Your Own: Burlap Pumpkin

This fall you can make your own burlap pumpkin with this super simple craft tutorial. Take a dollar store pumpkin and make it something special in a few minutes and with a few supplies. You will love the rustic touch this brings to your fall home decor. Break out those $1 pumpkins y’all!

Some of the links in this post are affiliate links which means a portion of your purchase will go to support this site. You need one of those Dollar Tree pumpkins and some burlap ribbon. I like using the ribbon because it is finished on two of the edges and that is really what this project needs. You will also need some jute twine, buttons, and hot glue. Ignore that baker’s twine in the picture below (that was plan A and plan A did not work).

I put hot glue down each “section” of the pumpkin and glued the ribbon into place. So basically the ribbon fit across one section almost perfectly. I forced the ribbon to fit so it is slightly gathered especially at the top and bottom.

See the top below. Make the ribbon fit into each section. Use hot glue at the top and the bottom as well to secure.

When you are done with the burlap ribbon your pumpkin will be looking a little like the below. WOW! What a hot mess!

Never fear! Jute twine is here! Use hot glue and just twine wrapped in circles to cover up around your stem area. Looking better already!

I then grabbed some brown and white buttons to make a stem. The stem on these little pumpkins is just not substantial enough for me and most of it was covered by the burlap. I just stacked up the buttons on top (alternating colors) and used hot glue to secure.

Then wrap the jute twine up where it rests in between the buttons but does not cover them completely. It makes for a cute little stem don’t ya think?

You are left with a burlap pumpkin that is still slightly orange (but not the day glow effect of the original). Plus you can do all of this in just a few minutes. I call that a win win.

My burlap pumpkin ended up on my mantle with my fall jar luminary and sweater pumpkins. Make your own burlap pumpkin today y’all….you will love it!

Portions of the supplies for this tutorial were supplied to me by the companies linked. However, all opinions and projects are my own.

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Scrappy Chick says
October 9, 2013 at 10:05 am
Super Cute!
Cindy DIYbeautify says
October 22, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Great idea!
Archana Vaidya says
August 31, 2016 at 3:47 am
Is the pumpkin you have used is fresh or hve u used a shell ? Wht wll happen to pumpkin after a few days ?
- Angie Holden says
  August 31, 2016 at 5:21 am
  It is a plastic pumpkin from a store.

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