DIY Wrapped Rope Pumpkins
Celebrate fall with this trio of easy DIY Wrapped Rope Pumpkins. With a few supplies from the dollar store, you can create adorable pumpkin home decor in just minutes.
Supplies Needed to Make Wrapped Rope Pumpkins
- Craft Yarn – Bright Orange, Dark Orange
- Thick Cotton Rope – Dollar Store
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Store
- Painter’s Tape – Dollar Store
- Permanent Marker – Dollar Store
- Craft Felt Sheets – Olive Green, Dark Brown, Black, Medium Brown
- Americana Acrylic by DecoArt – Bright Green
- Pencil with New Eraser
- Ruler
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Pinking Shears
- Comb or Brush
- Printable leaf and jack o lantern patterns
Step by Step Instructions for How to Make Wrapped Rope Pumpkins
Step 1: Gather all supplies and remove packaging and tags. Measure and tape the thick cotton rope in the middle of where you will cut the rope to prevent fraying on both ends.
Here are the lengths that were cut to create the Pumpkin Trio.
- Tall Pumpkin: one 10″ and one 12″ length.
- Small Pumpkin: one 8″, one 9.5″ and one 11″ length.
- Wide Pumpkin one 6″, one 7.5″, one 9″, and one 11″ length.
Step 2: Line up and dry-fit all the sections of the three pumpkins on your work surface. Number the section of each pumpkin with the permanent marker so you can keep track of all the lengths of the rope.
Step 3: Line up the rope sections from the wide pumpkin from smallest to largest on your work surface. Place a small line of hot glue on the end of the smallest rope, place the end of the yarn into the bond, and then let it cool. Begin wrapping the rope tightly with the dark orange yarn.
Step 4: Continue to wrap each length of cotton rope with the orange yarn. Keep the yarn tight, and the rows close together,r so you do not see any white rope. At the very end of each rope, cut the yarn and pull it through the second loop, then secure it with a small dot of hot glue. Starting with the most petite length, fold it in half, apply a thin line of hot glue to the center of the yarn-covered rope, and hold it together until the glue cools. Repeat with the remaining lengths of yarn-covered rope until the pumpkin is complete.
Step 5: Carefully remove the tape from the ends of the cotton rope with scissors. Gently comb (or brush) out the ends of the cotton rope to create a lovely fringe. Trim the fringe evenly with scissors. Repeat the above process to create the Tall Pumpkin and the Small Pumpkin.
Step 6:Next, create stems and leaves once all three pumpkins are complete. Download, print, and cut out the stems and leaf patterns. Trace three leaves on olive green felt and three stems on both medium and dark brown felt. Create polka dots on one leaf using bright green acrylic craft paint and a new pencil eraser. Create a plaid pattern on the second and third leaves by dabbing vertical and horizontal lines with a flat paintbrush. Glue the medium and dark brown felt stems together. Attach the stems and leaves to the pumpkins with a glue gun and glue sticks.
Optional, Step 7: Download and print Jack-O-Lantern face patterns. Roughly cut out designs with scissors and attach them to black felt with straight pins. Cut out all features with scissors. Attach felt Jack-O-Lantern features to the reverse side of the pumpkins with a glue gun and glue sticks.
Change up these DIY-wrapped rope pumpkins to fit your home decor simply by changing the color of the rope. Or, create them in shades of white and green for the perfect topper for a gift bag or present instead of a bow.
Printable DIY Wrapped Pumpkins Instructions
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Don’t forget to save this project to your favorite Pinterest Pumpkin Craft Board. And, if you make it and post on the socials, be sure to use the hashtag #PumpkinObsessedCrafts so I can see it!
How to Make a Wrapped Rope Pumpkin
With just a few simple supplies from the Dollar
Store, create a trio of cute as can be pumpkins, that double as Jack-O-Lanterns
during Halloween.
Materials
- Craft Yarn – Bright Orange, Dark Orange
- Thick Cotton Rope – Dollar Store
- Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Store
- Painter's Tape – Dollar Store
- Permanent Marker – Dollar Store
- Craft Felt Sheets – Olive Green, Dark Brown, Black, Medium Brown
- Americana Acrylic by DecoArt – Bright Green
Tools
- Pencil with New Eraser
- Ruler
- Paintbrush
- Scissors
- Pinking Shears
- Comb or Brush
- Printable leaf and jack-o-lantern patterns
Instructions
Gather all supplies, and then remove packaging
and tags. Measure and tape the
thick cotton rope in the middle of where you will cut the rope to prevent
fraying on both ends.
Here are the lengths that were cut to create the Pumpkin
Trio.
Tall Pumpkin one 10″ and one 12″ length.
Small Pumpkin one 8″, one 9.5″,
and one 11″ length.
Wide Pumpkin one 6″, one 7.5″, one 9″, and one 11″ length.
Line up and dry
fit all the sections of the three pumpkins on your work surface. Number the
section of each pumpkin with the permanent marker so that you can keep track of all
the lengths of the rope.
Line up the
rope sections from the wide pumpkin from smallest to largest on your work
surface. Place a small line of hot glue on the end of the smallest rope, place
the end of the yarn into the glue, and then let it cool. Begin wrapping the
rope tightly with the dark orange yarn.
Continue to wrap each length of cotton rope with the orange yarn. Keep the yarn tight, and
the rows close together so you do not see any white rope. At the very end of
each rope, cut the yarn and pull it through the second loop, then secure it
with a small dot of hot glue. Starting with the smallest length, fold it in half,
apply a thin line of hot glue to the center of the yarn-covered rope, and hold
it together until the glue cools. Repeat with the remaining lengths of
yarn-covered rope until the pumpkin is complete.
Carefully remove the tape from the ends of the cotton rope with scissors. Gently comb (or
brush) out the ends of the cotton rope to create a lovely fringe. Trim the
fringe evenly with scissors. Repeat the above process to create the Tall
Pumpkin and the Small Pumpkin.
Once all three pumpkins are complete, create stems and leaves. Download, print and cut out the
stems and leaf patterns. Trace three leaves on olive green felt and three
stems on both medium and dark brown felt. Create polka dots on one leaf using
bright green acrylic craft paint and a new pencil eraser. Create a plaid
pattern on the second and third leaves by dabbing vertical and horizontal lines
with a flat paintbrush. Glue the medium and dark brown felt stems together. Attach
the stems and leaves to the pumpkins with a glue gun and glue sticks.
Download and print Jack-O-Lantern face patterns. Roughly cut out patterns with scissors and
attach them to black felt with straight pins. Cut out all features with scissors.
Attach felt Jack-O-Lantern features to the reverse side of the pumpkins with a
glue gun and glue sticks.
Notes
Change up these DIY-wrapped rope pumpkins to fit your home decor simply
by changing the color of the rope. Or, create them in shades of white
and green for the perfect topper for a gift bag or present instead of a
bow.
