Foam Pumpkin Fall Door Decoration

Learn how to make a beautiful fall door decoration out of a foam craft pumpkin.

Fall is nearly here and I couldn’t be more excited. It’s my favorite season for crafting!

I’ve had the idea for today’s craft floating around in my brain for a while now, and decided now was the time to finally try it out.

Grab one of those big craft foam pumpkins… we’re going to cut it in half and turn it into a cute door decoration!!

This is a really cute fall decoration that you can customize to any color scheme and can be made in an afternoon. It comes together really quickly.

This post is sponsored by Hobby Lobby.

I found everything for this project at Hobby Lobby. They have such a great fall collection with so many gorgeous fall florals and tons of pumpkins to choose from. It’s fall crafting heaven.

Instructions

Step 1 Look for the seam on your foam pumpkin. It’s where the manufacturer attached the two halves together. Cut along that seam all the way around. This part is a bit tricky. Please go slow and use caution! The area around the stem is thick, so I ended up cutting all around the thinner parts and using a kitchen knife to saw through the thicker stem.

Step 2 Pull apart the individual stems from your bouquet and arrange them at the top of the pumpkin. Attach them with florist wire and hot glue. You can see me attempting this in the video below. There’s probably a better way to do this… I just sort of kept wrapping wire around things and gluing pieces down until everything stayed put. Be sure to cut off any stems that are too long.

Step 3 Add a twine or ribbon loop to the top so you have something to hang it with. Here’s what the back of my pumpkin looked like when I was all done:

Now go hang it on your front door and admire your new fall door hanging! I think it looks like something you’d spend a fortune on from a boutique, don’t you? Going a bit more muted with the jewel and earth tones adds to that luxe feel. I’m telling you, buying the pre-made bouquets is the way to go because the professionals put all the different types of floral stems together for you. Love that little trick!

And you still have half a foam pumpkin left over, so you could make another one for a friend. Yay!

Pumpkin Door Hanging Video Tutorial

See all of my fall craft ideas here.

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