DIY Pom-Pom Pumpkins

Turn plain pumpkins into a colorful craft with pom-poms in bright shades and different sizes.

Easy

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This DIY transforms orange foam pumpkins into playful decorations by spray painting them white and then decorating with pom-poms. Create a clustered wave on one pumpkin, a ring of large pom-poms on another, and a polka-dot design using small pom-poms on a third. Use hot glue to attach the pom-poms in any pattern you like.

Directions

Give your orange foam pumpkins a white coat by spray painting them—one can covers about three pumpkins. If you find white faux pumpkins already, you can skip this step.

Choose an assortment of small and medium pom-poms in bright hues like pink, orange, yellow, light green, and blue. Attach them to the front of the pumpkin using a dab of hot glue on each pom-pom, clustering them to form a wave shape. Feel free to continue wrapping them all around the pumpkin if desired.

For this pumpkin, use the largest pom-poms you have—I used 2-inch ones. Glue them in a ring around the center of the pumpkin, sticking with the same pink, orange, green, yellow, and blue palette to coordinate with the other pumpkins.

Finally, create a polka-dot look using small 1/2-inch pom-poms. Randomly attach them around the pumpkin with hot glue, mixing colors evenly. Add as many or as few dots as you like.