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DIY Pumpkin Flower Vases

Learn how to make a pumpkin vase using any size gourd. Makes perfect home decor for fall.
Course Fall Crafts
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 3 vases
Cost $5

Equipment

  • Pumpkin carving tools or knife
  • Spoon
  • Scissors

Ingredients

  • 3 Mini pumpkins
  • 1 bouquet flowers you can get them inexpensively from the grocery store or Trader Joes
  • 3 Votive candle holder
  • Floral foam
  • Vaseline optional

Instructions

  • Wash the pumpkins to remove any dirt using mild soap. Let dry.
    Pumpkins, glass votives, floral foam, spoon, pumpkin carving tool, and flowers
  • Cut a small circle around the stems of the pumpkins, roughly the size of the votive jars.
    Cutting a small circle around the stem of a pumpkin with a pumpkin carving tool
  • Pop out the stem pieces and trim the part that went into the pumpkins.
    Hand removing the stem piece of a small pumpkin
  • Scoop out the seeds using a spoon and reserve for roasting.
    Bowl filled with pumpkin guts and seeds with a spoon in it
  • Soak the floral foam according to the package instructions. Then trim the foam pieces to fit the jars and press snugly inside.
    Floral foam in glass votives with a pair of scissors and bouquet of flowers
  • Start arranging the jars by inserting flowers into the floral foam.
    Cutting flowers to put into the floral foam
  • Continue. It's easy to pull the flowers out of the foam and reinsert if you need to.
    Flowers in the floral foam in the glass votives
  • Slip the jars into the carved pumpkins. Carefully add in any stems if the arrangements don't look full enough.
    Bouquets of flowers being placed into carved out pumpkins
  • To help preserve the pumpkins and make them shine, wipe a bit of vaseline on the outside and buff gently to a shine.
    flowers in pumpkin vase