Garden Chick photos
  • Garden Chick Blog
  • My Story
  • Photo Album
  • Contact
  • Gardenchick Coaching »
    • You Buy, We’ll Plant Together
    • Garden Consultation
    • Garden Maintenance
    • Virtual Consult
    • Garden Workshop

Repurposed Pumpkins

August 23, 2016 By Karen Creel

Share Button

I know…, it’s at least 90 degrees outside, and I am talking about pumpkins. But, I’m going to a craft show the end of September, so I need to start thinking fall. My repurposed pumpkin is made from the drawer of a little chest I kept in the closet to hold craft supplies. But, after moving my craft room downstairs I no longer needed it.  It was inexpensive, so I didn’t mind repurposing it.  It has three drawers, so I will be able to make three pumpkins for ten dollars.

I gathered up my supplies.  Paint, paint brush, a cork for the stem and burlap to tie around the stem.  You can get paint samples in any color at Lowe’s and today they were buy one get one free.  So that was two for $3.99.

Supplies to create a repurposed pumpkin

The chest was originally green, so the first thing I had to do was paint it.  It required two coats, and I knew it would need another after I had drawn the face on and had it cut out with a jigsaw.

I drew the face on with a pencil, but I am not good using a jigsaw, so I ask my son cut the eyes, nose and mouth out for me.  Another coat of paint, and then I added the stem.

Repurposed piece of table leg for Pumpkin stem

 

I was going to use a cork, but I found these pieces of wood which I had previously cut off of some old table legs.  I never throw away anything, and I thought these pieces look like a stem!

Repurposed Pumpkin Stem

Those were painted green, and while drying, I sanded the edges around the drawer, and between the eyes, nose, and mouth to smooth them over.  A third coat of orange paint went on the repurposed pumpkin, and I glued some sphagnum moss around the stem and sanded it slightly.

A repurposed pumpkin

Tips:

  • If you use the pumpkin and light it at night,  DO NOT use a candle. It could catch fire.  Use one of the LED candles that has a battery.
  • When looking for old drawers, find ones that have wooden bottoms.  Mine had a Masonite board bottom and was harder to cut with a jig saw.
  • Find drawers that are of different sizes to add interest to a grouping.

If you want to use your pumpkin for fall decorating.  Just paint the drawer, add a stem, fashion a few leaves, and leave off the pumpkin face.

Repurpose aan old drawer into

You may also enjoy my House Vent Pumpkin I made last year.

DIY House Vent Pumpkinwww.Gardenchick.com/DIY-House-Vent-Pumpkin

Repurposed Pumpkin www.Gardenchick.com

and my Spooktacular Garden Décor

www.Gardenchick.com/Spooktacular-Garden-Decor

Spooktacular Garden Decor www.Gardenchick.com

Gardenchick

 

Filed Under: garden decor, garden junk Tagged With: DIY fall garden decor, DIY pumpkins, flea market gardening, Halloween Garden Decor, pumpkins, Repurposed pumpkins

« Summer Home Tour: Decorating the Garden
Rudbeckia Flowers »

Instagram   Pinterest   contact me
Garden Chick Newsletter
We promise not to send weeds (or spam). Just thoughtful, helpful gardening-related content :)

Follow my Blog!

Enter your email address to follow my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 57 other subscribers

A Quick Note…

Gardenchick is a place for gardeners, flea market fanatics, lovers of the farmhouse look, and purveyors of all things rusty!

I’m not sure when my fascination with junk began, but gardening was in my blood from an early age.  I remember my grandmother could throw a few seeds out and have the prettiest flowers.  Sweet peas were rampant beside the front porch.  I can see her now, bent over pulling weeds, and I find myself doing the same thing anytime I’m in the yard.  My dad was raised on a large farm, and even though he moved away, and we always lived in the city, he had a garden.  He had me help him  plant a garden in May before he died in August.  So you can see, gardening just comes naturally to me.

I can’t explain the love of rusty and all things chippy, but I have dug through more barns and sheds than I would like to admit to bring out a rusty wagon or old chicken feeder.

So, I hope you will follow along, and we can learn a few things together.  I’ll be sharing gardening ideas, my flea market finds, and thrifty ways to repurpose.

 

 

Recent Posts

  • Indoor Seed Starting Tips: Why Start Seeds Indoors February 22, 2021
  • Raised Bed Planting Plan for the Spring. January 18, 2021
  • Planting for the Season January 8, 2021
  • Tips for Overwintering Rosemary Plants Indoors December 18, 2020
  • Plan a Fall Garden September 29, 2020
  • Using Ollas in the Garden August 10, 2020
  • Printable Garden Planner March 23, 2020
  • How to Make a Butterfly Puddler March 15, 2020
  • Butterfly Printables February 20, 2020
  • Butterfly Gardens February 13, 2020

Archives

Categories

Garden Chick, copyright 2003 - current date. All Rights Reserved.
Wordpress website created by Cherie
We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it.Ok