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Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Decorative Stacked Pumpkins

I love those fall and Halloween stacked pumpkins but they are expensive. I was looking through several magazines and they can be as high as $200+. Yikes! No way I am paying that so I thought of a way to make one for myself. 
Eclectic Red Barn: Stacked pumpkin topiary
This cost me less than $2. Want to make one for yourself? I will show you how to do it.
Stacked pumpkin tutorial:

 1. Here are the supplies I used:
Eclectic Red Barn: Flower pot and plastic pumpkins for a stacked pumpkin topiary
I found this planter that someone threw out and I purchased the plastic pumpkins at the end of the season last year at Walgreen's for 15 cents a piece. 

 2. I painted the planter black and let it dry.
Eclectic Red Barn: Painted black plastic flower pot


 3. Now to paint the pumpkins. The pumpkins have faces but if I turned them around, I could not see them and they looked good from the front. I painted one of them white and then painted black stripes down the sides. I just free-handed the stripes.
Eclectic Red Barn: Painted white pumpkin with black stripes


 4. For the second pumpkin, I spray painted it white and then added some gold circles. I glued them on.
Eclectic Red Barn: Painted white pumpkin with gold things glued on

 5. For the last pumpkin, I left it orange and painted black diamonds around. 
Eclectic Red Barn: Painted orange pumpkin with painted black diamonds

 6. Now it is time to put it together. I added a couple of boards to the top of the planter so the pumpkins could rest on it. I wedged a long piece in and then added two pieces on each side. Since the plastic gives and there is a lip, it was easy to wedge them in.
Eclectic Red Barn: Wooden inserts that will hold the painted pumpkins

 7.Next I added some black gauze that I bought at the Dollar Tree. This would hide my wood. You could use some black fabric instead.
Eclectic Red Barn: Black mesh on top of flower pot to hide wood

8. Now it is time to stack the pumpkins. I placed one on top of another. Because of the rims on the pumpkins, they stick together. You could glue them together but I wanted to be able to take them apart so I can store them easier.

 9. For the top one, I added some flower foam into the top and wedged a stick between the two of them for the topper.
Eclectic Red Barn: Painted pumpkin with flower foam
Eclectic Red Barn: Painted pumpkin with flower foam and stick

 10. I cut out the words "Boo" from Halloween burlap that I used to make a Hello Kitty Halloween bag.  I cut them into leaf shapes.  
Eclectic Red Barn: Leaf letters cut from burlap fabric

 11. I glued them to the top pumpkin. 
Eclectic Red Barn: Top stacked pumpkin with stick and leaf letters

 12. Finally, I added a bow to the top pumpkin and my stacked pumpkins were finished.
Eclectic Red Barn: Halloween stacked pumpkins made from cheap plastic ones
Here is my stacked pumpkins by the front door.
Eclectic Red Barn: Front door decorated for Halloween with stacked pumpkins
It might not be as elaborate as one costing $200, but I love it all the same. 
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17 comments :

  1. VanessaOctober 7, 2017 at 4:16 AM

    These are adorable and love how you make this look so easy. Thank you for sharing and we loved your pumpkins so much you are one of our features this coming Sunday. Thank you for sharing.

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 13, 2017 at 9:15 PM

      Vanessa,
      Thank you so much for the feature. That is so kind. I really love how it turned out.
      have a lovely weekend,
      Bev

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  2. Patti @ Pandoras BoxOctober 8, 2017 at 4:56 PM

    Cute idea!

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 8, 2017 at 9:40 PM

      Patti,
      So sweet of you to like my Decorative Stacked Pumpkins.
      Have a great week,
      Bev

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  3. Angie RoseOctober 8, 2017 at 5:24 PM

    Hi Beverly! We all absolutely love your decorative stacked pumpkins! So fun and creative. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Dishing It & Digging It & congratulations on being featured this week!

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 13, 2017 at 9:14 PM

      Angie,
      What a surprise to be featured. I loved how it turned out.
      Thanks and hope you have a wonderful weekend,
      Bev

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  4. xinexOctober 8, 2017 at 8:24 PM

    You did a great job. It turned out really nice....Christine

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 13, 2017 at 9:12 PM

      Christine,
      Thank you for the lovely comment. I was really happy the way they turned out.
      Hugs,
      Bev

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  5. DIY Home Sweet HomeOctober 9, 2017 at 6:16 PM

    Love this idea. The designs you used on the pumpkins are so fun! I'm bringing back my Monday link party @ DIY Home Sweet Home (first one will be Oct. 16th) and I would love for you to stop by and link up your stacked pumpkins or any new projects your working on! http://diyhshp.blogspot.com

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  6. EmmeOctober 10, 2017 at 3:29 PM

    Would you please come to my home and build me one :) I think this is a great way to decorate for the holidays - through Thanksgiving. Great idea and thanks for the detailed instructins.

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 13, 2017 at 9:18 PM

      Emme,
      Thank you for the sweet comment. It is one of my favorite things that I have done. I would love to come and make one for you.
      Hugs,
      Bev

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  7. AnonymousOctober 11, 2017 at 12:11 AM

    I actually think I could do this!!
    Just an idea, for those that have porches open to the wind, you could place rocks or bricks in the planter to keep it from blowing over and getting damaged.

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 13, 2017 at 9:17 PM

      This is not a hard project. I know you could do it. We had some wind yesterday and I put some golf balls in the pumpkins and that worked fine.
      Hugs,
      Bev

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  8. AnonymousOctober 11, 2017 at 11:44 AM

    This is way better than spending $200.00. I love this and you really did a fantastic job.

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  9. Dr. Elise HoOctober 13, 2017 at 12:30 AM

    This is such a great way to use the cheapy dollar store pumpkins and make them look much fancier.

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    1. Eclectic Red BarnOctober 13, 2017 at 9:11 PM

      Elise,
      Thanks for the sweet comment. Those plastic pumpkins are everywhere and I needed to make them better.
      Have a great weekend.
      Bev

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  10. Kerryanne @ Shabby Art BoutiqueOctober 20, 2017 at 3:00 AM

    Thanks for linking up at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week Beverly.

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