10 easy steps how to make concrete pumpkins DIY
10 easy steps on how to make concrete pumpkins DIY you are going to fall in love with…
I am always searching for cute decoration ideas and I love the concrete pumpkin the most out of all the fall decorations I came along with. And I am sure, you are going to love this too!
It is so easy and fun to do. And you don’t need a lot of material when you follow my easy steps ‘How to make concrete pumpkins DIY for your fall decoration’.
Also, a great idea is to involve the kids or invite some friends over (this is what I did) to do this project together. Amazing what you can create with concrete (there is more to come):
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10 easy steps How to make concrete pumpkins DIY
This is what you need to get. I am sure, most of this material you will probably have already in your home. The Portland cement is available at Lowes or Home Depot for about 12 $.
Material List:
- Portland cement
- knee stockings, tights – use thicker ones
- gloves
- bucket
- water
- a stick or shovel to stir
- rope or small branches
- rubber bands or string, scissors
- sandpaper
- artificial or natural moss
- glue
- (paint, if you want to color them)
How to start with the DIY Pumpkin Project
- Mix some of the Portland cement and water in a bucket and stir well. No lumps or dry spots should be seen, you want to make a smooth dough. Don’t make it too watery, make the mix rather drier than too wet.
2. Cut the foot part off of the stocking and make a secure knot or just make a knot above the foot part.
3. Put your gloves on because it is going to get a little messy now. If you haven’t covered your working area yet, now is a good time to do that. And don’t forget to wear old clothes, it could get a little dirty.
4. Start filling the stockings with the concrete mix. Use a small shovel or use your hands to press the cement dough into the stockings.
5. Depending on the size of the pumpkin, fill in the dough and press it together to a round form. If this is your first pumpkin, I suggest you start with a small one before you make bigger ones.
6. Use a piece of string and tie the stocking together at the end. If you want to, you can stick a piece of thicker rope into the pumpkin to make the pumpkin stem.
(It will be definitely cleaner if you glue the rope onto the pumpkin when it is dry. The rope won’t stay clean because you have to make the pumpkin form now).
10 easy steps how to make concrete pumpkins DIY
How to make the pumpkin form
7. The pumpkin form is pretty simple to make:
- either you use rubber bands
- or string
to make the pumpkin form. Just tie the strings around the cement dough, and tighten off sections as in a pizza-cutting pattern.
Now you are done for the day. Give the cement enough time to dry. I let it dry for 24 hours before I touched them and they were good to go.
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8. When it is dry, remove the strings and the stocking. If the stocking is difficult to remove, use sandpaper to sand it off. Depending on how you like the pumpkins you can sand them really smooth or just sand a little bit to leave an uneven character.
10 easy steps how to make concrete pumpkins DIY – add a special effect
9. After all of the pumpkins are sanded, you can add moss to the rims of the pumpkin. I think that gives them a nice extra real touch. What do you think? It is not a must but it adds a special effect to them.
I collected the moss in my backyard, I am sure you can find some moss in your backyard or in a park or nearby forest. If not, you can buy some artificial moss at Michaels or Hobby Lobby.
Use regular glue and pick little pieces off the moss. Add glue to the pumpkin rims and sprinkle the moss onto the glue.
10. Also glue on a small piece of the thicker rope to imitate the pumpkin stem. If you prefer a small branch, then use hot melt to glue it onto the pumpkin. And you are all done.
And this is how they look decorated in my front yard or arranged on a table .
Paint the pumpkins if you don’t like the cement look
If you don’t like the cement look, paint the concrete pumpkins. Paint them in orange to get the original look or paint them colorful in pink and add some glitter. Depending on your decorating style, there are so many different options to fit them to your preferred color scheme.
If you are looking for more fall decoration ideas, here is a link for you with a lot of great ideas: fall decoration ideas https://colorfuldesigner.com/fall-decoration-ideas-simple-and-beautiful/
5 tips you need to know when making concrete pumpkins
Summary of ’10 easy steps how to make concrete pumpkins DIY for fall decoration’.
If you want to try ‘How to make cement pumpkins” here are 5 things you should definitely follow:
- Don’t make the cement dough too watery.
- Don’t use very thin stockings. Use thicker ones and you can remove them easier after the cement is dry.
- Cover your working area with a tarp or foil because it is getting messy at times.
- Keep all of the material close by, especially the scissors and the rope, because you need them often.
- Give your cement pumpkin enough time to dry before you remove the strings or rubber bands.
And now that you bought that pack of cement, do you want to do more little projects with cement? No problem. Check out how to make a concrete side table and also how to make concrete candle holders.
You would love to make pumpkins but you have no time or space where you could make them?
Shop the look. Here are some links for your convenience. Get the pumpkins and then paint them, add glitter or stickers. Or spray paint leaves in silver or gold and glue them on the pumpkins. Have a fun afternoon with the kids by decorating pumpkins in so many different ways.
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See you next week with more DIY Ideas, and as always I would love to see some of your DIY pumpkin pictures or leave a reply below.
Conny xoxo
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