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Hello Sweet Friends,

For today’s craft idea, I will be showing you an easy way to create a pumpkin out of twine. This is the perfect craft for pretty much all skill levels and it is very budget-friendly (thank you Dollar Tree).

While on vacation recently, I had to come up with an easy craft idea for a fairly broad age group and skill level. And this project was PERFECT!

So grab your craft supplies, gather around my crafting table, and I’ll show you just how EASY this little craft project is.

Supply list

  • one roll of Dollar Tree twine
  • cork, wood spool, or stick for pumpkin stem
  • embellishments such as leaves, ribbon, etc.
  • scissors
  • glue gun

The first step in creating a twine pumpkin is to wrap the twine around one hand 15 times. Cut a short piece of the twine and tie the loops of twine together.

Continue repeating these steps until you have eight “bundles” of twine. Trim any pieces of the twine that stick out.

Apply a short line of hot glue along one of the twine bundles near the tie.

Then press a second twine bundle together with the first one.

Continue glueing until there are four twine bundles glued together.

Repeat with the remaining four twine bundles. At this point, you will have two half “pumpkins”.

Next you will need to glue and gently press the two half-pumpkins together.

At this point, I thought that the pumpkin was really taking shape. Now it was time to embellish it.

I chose a small wooden spool for the stem, so I just glued it to the center of the pumpkin.

Then I glued on some fall leaves and a small ribbon.

For the final embellishment, I glued a few pieces of bittersweet and a curly piece of wire. I also added a button to the top of the spool.

And I feel like this DIY project turned out so CUTE! Take a LOOK!

I should also add that I can probably get three pumpkins out of one spool of the Dollar Tree twine.

I hope I’ve inspired you to give this little idea a try. It really is a quick and easy to create a cute piece of fall decor for your home.

Until next time,

Happy Crafting!
Pamela