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Fall/Halloween, Farmhouse Decor · October 5, 2020

Turn a Bushel Basket into a Pumpkin

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Upcycle a bushel basket into an adorable pumpkin decoration for your home!

Here’s the easiest way to make a pumpkin leaf out of felt.

And how to make a curly pumpkin stem using a pencil!

Print

Bushel Basket Pumpkin

Materials

  • Chipboard Bushel Basket – Craft Store
  • Natural Wrapped Floral Wire – Craft Store
  • Craft Felt – Olive Green
  • Wine Cork
  • Craft Paint – Light Orange Primary Orange, Dark Orange
  • Paintbrush
  • Scissors
  • Wire Cutters
  • Chopstick or Pencil
  • Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Plain Paper
  • Straight Pins
  • Ruler

Instructions

  • Gather all supplies. Carefully cut the rope handles from the edge of the basket or remove the wire handles.
  • Basecoat the outside of the basket with primary orange craft paint. Make sure to get in all the nooks and crannies.
  • Before the basecoat is completely dry, apply dark orange craft paint in the recessed sections of the bushel basket with random strokes.
  • To accent the bushel basket, apply light orange craft paint with a dry paintbrush to the raised areas. This technique will give the paint a rough and inconsistent application.
  • Draw a leaf shape onto plain paper and pin to olive green craft felt. Cut out the leaf with scissors, then repeat to cut out a second leaf. Use scraps of green fabric or scrapbook paper instead of felt.
  • Measure and cut two twelve-inch lengths of natural wrapped floral wire with wire cutters. Brown chenille stems would also work if you have those on hand.
  • Wrap wires around a pencil to create spirals, then remove. Pull and squeeze the wires to create pumpkin vines and then wrap around wine cork.
  • Attach the wine cork stem, the vines, and the leaves to the top center of the pumpkin bushel basket with a glue gun and glue sticks. If you do not have a wine cork, use thick rope or a small tree branch as the pumpkin stem.
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