How to make the absolute simplest fall craft: fabric-covered pumpkins. This is a great way to quickly and easily change up the look of store-bought foam pumpkins without the mess of carving or painting.
Let’s cover these dollar store pumpkins in fabric for a fun fall craft!
Supplies Needed:
Your supplies list is short. You will need:
- a small foam pumpkin (from the dollar store or craft store)
- scissors
- a square of fabric
- a twig from your yard
- a scrap of twine or faux greenery
DIY Fabric Covered Pumpkins
Just watch this quick video tutorial to make these fun pumpkins:
Here are the two Dollar Store tutorials that I referenced at the end of the video:
DIY Drop Cloth Covered Pumpkin
How to make the absolute simplest fall craft: fabric-covered pumpkins. This is a great way to quickly and easily change up the look of store-bought foam pumpkins without the mess of carving or painting.
Materials
- Small foam pumpkin (from the dollar store or craft store)
- Scissors
- A square of fabric - I used drop cloth from my craft stash, but a fat quarter would work just as well
- A twig from your yard
- A scrap of twine or faux greenery
Instructions
- Start by removing the flowers and stem on top of the pumpkin.
- Then use pointed scissors to cut a hole in the pumpkin top. You will want to cut a fairly large hole in the top, but the size will largely depend on the thickness of your fabric. Since I use thicker drop cloth fabric, I cut a larger hole than I would have if I just used a fat quarter or other quilting fabric.
- Cut a square of fabric, then start to tuck it into the hole in the top of the foam pumpkin. Make sure that the folds of the fabric lay nicely and are evenly spaced around the pumpkin.
- Replace the plastic dollar store stem and flowers with a twig and a small sprig of greenery.
Notes
I always keep burlap and drop cloth scraps on hand - they come in handy on SO many craft projects!
The twig came from my yard, and the greenery was a scrap from another project. I always keep a tub of basic faux greenery on hand, that I buy on end-of-season clearance, for projects like these.So thrifty!
DIY Spider Web Halloween Pumpkin
How to make spider web pumpkins for easy Halloween decor. This is a great way to quickly and easily change up the look of store-bought foam pumpkins without the mess of carving or painting.
Materials
- Small foam pumpkin (from the dollar store or craft store)
- Scissors
- Creepy cloth netting (from the dollar store)
- A twig from your yard
- A scrap of twine or faux greenery
Instructions
- Remove the stem and any toppers. Then use a PenBlade or scissors to cut a hole in the top of the pumpkin.
- Grab the black netting. Doubled it up and cut a square large enough to cover the foam pumpkin. If the hole enough in the top of the pumpkin isn't big enough, go ahead and cut it a bit bigger.
- Wrap the pumpkin in the netting, trimming the edges a bit before you stuff them into the top of the pumpkin.
- Then replace the stem with a piece of a twig, wrapping the twig with a bit of twine.
Notes
I grabbed some creepy cloth netting from the dollar store, but any type of open-weave fabric would work. Even cheesecloth dyed black would be a fun option.
Here’s a transcript of the video below:
I recently made two versions of these fabric-covered pumpkins: one for fall and one for Halloween. The process is similar, but I’m going to walk you through the tutorial for both. First up: a drop cloth covered pumpkin.
drop cloth covered pumpkin
Start by removing the flowers and stem on top of the pumpkin. Then use some pointed scissors to cut a hole in the pumpkin top. You will want to cut a fairly large hole in the top, but the size will largely depend on the thickness of your fabric. Since I use thicker drop cloth fabric, I cut a larger hole than I would have if I just used a fat quarter or other quilting fabric.
I always keep burlap and drop cloth scraps on hand, so for this pumpkin I grabbed some scrap drop cloth. I cut a square of fabric, then started to tuck it into the hole in the top of the foam pumpkin. Make sure that the folds of the fabric lay nicely and are evenly spaced around the pumpkin. I replaced the dollar store stem and flowers with a twig from my yard and a spare sprig from Hobby Lobby a few years back. I always keep a tub of basic faux greenery on hand, that I buy on end of season clearance, for projects like these.
Wasn’t that easy? Now let’s make one for Halloween.
spider web Halloween pumpkin
I made a webbed black and white pumpkin for Halloween.
Remove the stem and any toppers. Then use a PenBlade or scissors to cut a hole in the top of the pumpkin.
I grabbed some creepy cloth netting from the dollar store, doubled it up, and then cut a square large enough to cover the foam pumpkin.
I realized pretty quickly that I hadn’t cut a large enough hole in the top of my pumpkin, so I went ahead and made it bigger.
Then I wrapped the pumpkin in the netting, trimming the edges a bit before I stuffed them into the top of the pumpkin. Then I just replaced the stem with a piece of a twig, wrapping the twig with a bit of twine.
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial. Until next time, happy making!
More Fall Dollar Store Crafts:
- Watch this tutorial and learn how to transform dollar store fall decor with paint and buffalo check painting. A great way to add farmhouse style on a dime!
- Grab some burlap leaves, scrap wood, and paint to make this Dollar Store burlap leaves mini sign, perfect for fall decorating. A quick, rustic, easy fall craft.
- Update a dollar store pumpkin sign to have a fresh farmhouse feel, with just a little bit of paint.