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DIY cork pumpkins
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Wine Cork Pumpkins

Make this cork pumpkin craft for simple and unique fall decor! These are easy enough for crafters of any level.
Course Fall Crafts
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes
Servings 2 pumpkins
Author Amy Anderson
Cost $1

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Clean your wine corks by soaking them overnight in hot water with a splash of hydrogen peroxide (if you have it). Once they're done, rinse and let dry.
    Felt wine corks hot glue gun orange paint paintbrush and scissors
  • Gluing corks is very simple with hot glue. Arrange the corks on your craft mat with the long ends together in a row. Add a bead of hot glue between each and press together for a few moments. Let cool before moving on.
    Hot gluing a row of corks on a craft mat
  • Continuing adding thin beads of hot glue and pressing the corks together. Be very cautious to keep the hot glue between the corks and not burn your fingers.
    Hot gluing rows of wine corks on top of each other
  • Once the entire pumpkin is assembled and the top row is glued, let cool completely. Complete a second pumpkin.
    Creating a pumpkin shape by gluing wine corks
  • Paint the ends of all corks on both sides with orange acrylic paint. Let dry; paint a second coat if needed.
    Painting the ends of wine corks with orange acrylic paint and a paintbrush
  • Use scissors to cut stem shapes from green felt (I used two different shades).
    Cutting pumpkin stems out of green felt with scissors
  • Hot glue the stems (stagger them) to the top center of the pumpkins.
    Hot gluing green felt stems to the top of a wine cork pumpkin
  • Cut two corks (one for each pumpkin) on the diagonal using a craft knife. Glue them on the top of the felt as stems.
    Hot gluing a wine cork stem to the top of a cork pumpkin
  • Cut lengths of burlap ribbon and hot glue underneath the stems as accents to finish.
    Hot gluing burlap ribbon underneath green felt stems

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Notes

Starting from the bottom, here's how you're going to layer the corks and about what size cork pumpkins you're going to end up with:
Small Pumpkin - 3, 4, 5, 4, 3 (approximate size: 4.75" wide x 5.75" tall)
Large Pumpkin - 4, 5, 6, 5, 4, 3 (approximate size: 5.65" wide x 6.5" tall)