recycled wood pumpkin

 

DIY Recycled Wood Pumpkins

I was asked to create some fun fall projects for HomeTalk using recycled or re-purposed items that would be easy for the DIY’er. My husband is doing some Reno’s at our sporting goods store and he’s accumulated quite a pile of scrap lumber.

I dug through it and found some great pieces to work with and came up with three fall inspired idea’s. Here’s the first one I made in an afternoon… DIY Recycled Wood Pumpkins.

 

This idea was one I saw on Pinterest posted by ‘This Silly Girls Life‘. I loved her neutral approach but I wanted a little color in mine. After sifting through the scraps, I found several pieces perfect for two pumpkins.

 

scrap lumber

 

All I did was line them up at one end against the straight board that would become the base and screwed a support across the backs of all the pieces.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

Then I attached the base to the bottom which was a little longer than the boards for the pumpkin to add support.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

I drew out the shape of my pumpkins and used a jigsaw to cut it out.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

 I did a mix of outside acrylic paints in deep orange, medium orange and a light oatmeal color.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

Using a mix of antique medium with the brown I added some contouring to the pumpkins to bring up their shape. I painted the bases brown for contrast.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

For the stems, I just used trimmings from the tree’s around our yard and found a good thick branch to cut into two perfectly sized stubs for my pumpkins.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

 I used a dowel and drilled a hole into the end of the branch, then into the top of the pumpkin to connect the two.

 

recycled wood pumpkin

 

 My recycled wood pumpkins are now proudly displayed out front with a large planter, some fresh gorgeous mum’s and ornamental gourds. They look AMAZING!

recycled wood pumpkin

 

recycled wood pumpkin (9)

 

Don’t throw out those left over lumber scraps, I’m not finished yet! I still have two more fun and easy projects to go! I’ll be releasing those in the next few days, be sure to check back.

 

pumpkin season

 

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