By now, I’m sure you’ve seen these famous Dollar Tree pumpkins crafted a million times. Well…let’s make that a million and one times…haha!! After I created this on my Live on my Designs by Dina Facebook page, I knew I had to blog about it and share it with all of you.
First I took my favorite Waverly Chalk Paint in the color Ivory and painted the entire pumpkin. It took two coats to cover it to my liking because of the bright orange color of the pumpkin. After that dried, I removed the stem by simply pulling it out. I cut out a small area where the stem was to attach my own stem. I used a cinnamon stick, but you could use a stick from your yard too. I love the faint scent of cinnamon I smell every time I walk by this cutie on my kitchen counter.
Next, I collected several of my Sola Wood Flowers that I sell in my store on this website. I chose the colors aqua and a peachy pink. I also incorporated some of the natural colored flowers as well. For this project, I decided to stem these flowers with toothpicks. Yes…I said toothpicks!! They work perfect for smaller projects that doesn’t need a lot of height. You simply put a dab of hot glue on the tip of the toothpick and stick it into the stem of the flower until it sets. I like to stem all the flowers before starting my arrangement.
Once that’s done, I just inserted each flower carefully arranging them around the stem area. I then took some greenery and wooden squigglies (I have no idea what the technical term is for them) and filled in the areas between the flowers for fullness. It turned out so adorable, but it needed something else. Yup…you guessed it….a BOW!!
I used a solid aqua ribbon as well as an aqua polka dotted ribbon from Walmart and Hobby Lobby. I also added my favorite ribbon from the Dollar Tree…the beige crochet ribbon. Instead of hot gluing the ribbon onto the pumpkin, I used a tip from a friend. She took a bobby pin and looped the jute or ribbon through it and then stuck the bobby pin into the pumpkin. It worked perfectly!! For the finishing touch…I added a cute little light pink button.
So….there you have it…my Sola Wood Flower Dollar Tree Pumpkin…how cute and affordable was this craft! Go by your local Dollar Tree and pick up some of those bright orange pumpkins and let your creativity take control. Until next time my friends….
Blessings,
Dina
