Well we have come to the end of our tale of the three pumpkins. First, we met the lovely and vintage Book Page Pumpkin. Then our journey brought us to the glamorous and classy Faux Nailhead Pumpkin and last we meet the sweet and cheery Ribbon Pumpkin.
Isn’t she just a little sweetheart?!
Believe it or not she proved to be the most difficult pumpkin to make, though you’d never know it by her demure personality and the simplicity of her design.
The dilemma: how to attach the ribbon. First I tried white glue. yep. nope. It just got messy and the ribbon started to become grimy and dirty, not the look we were going for. I started to break out the handy dandy glue gun but truthfully was not in the mood to deal with hot glue and glue strings and all of that lovely stuff. Enter the staple gun.
Here’s a quick step by step tutorial on how to make your own Ribbon Pumpkin.
Supplies:
Inexpensive foam pumpkins (I purchased this one from Hobby Lobby for $1.50)
Variety of ribbon and rick rack in colors of choice
A branch (I got mine from yard)
Staple Gun
Variety of ribbon and rick rack in colors of choice
A branch (I got mine from yard)
Staple Gun
Step 1: Measure and cut your ribbon to overlap at the stem and at the bottom of the pumpkin.
Step 2: Stagger your thinner strips of ribbon around the pumpkin running along a piece of ribbon along every groove of the pumpkin using three pieces of ribbon at at time. Using your staple gun staple three pieces at the top near the stem and then run your ribbon down the pumpkin and secure at bottom with another staple. Continue this pattern around the entire pumpkin.
Step 3: Attach your rick rack matching up the pattern and overlapping them over one of the thin pieces of ribbon. Overlap and staple at top and bottom.
Step 4. Place additional strips of ribbon around pumpkin leaving as little or as much of the orange peeking through as desired, being sure to secure with staples at top and bottom. Wrap and staple one piece of rick rack around top of pumpkin width wise to cover up as many staple as possible at top of pumpkin and trim excess ribbon at top and bottom.
Step. 5. Poke a think twig or stick through top of stem of pumpkin. Tie additional ribbon and rick rack in loopy bows around base of step to help cover any staples still showing. You can also tie short pieces of ribbon to mimic little sprigs poking out from stem.
This pumpkin will not stand “upright” due to the ribbon on the bottom but it it lovely leaning against other pumpkins in a vignette like I have here.
I really love this pumpkin for a couple of reasons. It is so sweet and dainty AND it didn’t require glue or paint which was nice after the other pumpkins. It was definitely the least messy pumpkin to make!
So here ends my tale of three pumpkins!
I hope you enjoyed this little tale and the stops along the way as we met three ways to transform cheap foam pumpkins into unique works of art! Thank you for joining us for Pumpkin Week…At The Picket Fence!
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adorable & so creative! xoox
She IS super Sweet!
I enjoyed hearing the tales! I love them all! I think this one is my fav 😉
xoxo
Myric
I think this might be my favorite. Awesome ideas. I wish I had a Hobby Lobby. Haven’t been able to find any good deals on faux pumpkins yet.
Oh, you two are killing me with all of this cuteness!!!! I love coming here. It’s a beautiful respite.
xoxo
lynn
so crafty and sweet!
alison
Your pumpkins turned out so cute!! I love them all. That is so fun that you used the staple gun, I love those things! 🙂
xoox
This is really cute. The rick rack adds lots of charm.
You been busy girl with your pumpkins. They are all so cute and unique.
Ric Rac is like Foundation…It makes everything look better… ♥ it
Very NICE! Cute shape, too.♥♫
Very cute Heather! I’ve enjoyed the tale of the three pumpkins! Martina
I am so taken with all that rick-rack trim! That pumpkin is just stinkin’ cute….
Sooo cute! Love rick rack!!!
I think that’s a cute idea. It’s amazing how ribbon can completely transform a pumpkin.
This one is cute too. I actually like it leaning like that so the fact that it has to lean is a little serendipity.
I have no idea why, but rick rack reminds me of my grandmother for some reason.
I’m sorry the tale has come to an end … so creative! I love this one, especially because it is the less messiest of all. Thanks for sharing such a fun project, Heather!
So cute! Love this one!!
Amma
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Oh how adorable. I love it.
Gotta love rick rack! All three of these pumpkins are so cute. I think I’ve gotta go with the book page as my favorite though. 🙂
What a great pumpkin series! I love this one and it’s so versatile, with all the different colors of ribbon and rick rack available! Love the all!
Debbie
Love the ribbon pumpkin! I think rick rack makes everything cuter. So fun!!
All of your pumpkin project are so cute! Thanks for linking to Potpourri Friday!
They are all 3 adorable 🙂 Laurel
These pumpkins are so chic are girly! andrea@townandprairie
I think these pumpkins are just delightful! Love them! If you have a moment, I’d love for you to link up at my party to share them with my readers: http://www.momontimeout.com/2011/10/taking-timeout-thursday-link-party-no-1.html
I sure it will be favorite of every visitors. Such a awesome ideas for this Christmas, it will be best to keep on Christmas tree or front door. Hope you will got any good deals on pumpkins soon.
Hi there, your pumpkins are adorable. I bet you guys had so much making them. Thanks for sharing. I have recently found your blog and am now following you, and will visit often. Please stop by my blog and perhaps you would like to follow me also. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Chris
Hello there! Do you use Twitter? I’d like to follow you if
that would be ok. I’m definitely enjoying your blog and look forward to new updates.