Cozy Up Your Fall Decor with Easy DIY Sweater Pumpkins
I will show you how to upcycle an old sweater and create a cute sweater pumpkin!
We have had some gorgeous clear, crisp, and cold Fall days lately; so cold, it seems, that even my pumpkins have taken to wearing sweaters. But seriously, these little guys were super easy to whip up and add a cozy, warm touch to our fall décor at very little expense.
To make these you will need:
- Pumpkin forms (mine were Styrofoam from The Dollar Tree and the $1 section at Target)
- old sweaters (I picked mine up at a Thrift store) – they were a thinner weave sweater style
- scissors
- twine and burlap (for the stem and leaves)
- Hot glue gun and glue (and fingers of steel to protect you from those hot glue gun burns)
Start by cutting an arm off of an old sweater – I was able to cover the two black pumpkins using just one arm from one sweater. I used a different sweater and color to cover the orange dollar tree pumpkin.
Basically, you just wrap a piece of the arm onto the pumpkin – carefully stretching, cutting, and gluing it
Then wrap the pumpkin stems with twine using hot glue to adhere it….
For the orange pumpkin with the small, flat end, I carefully wrapped the twine around the stem adding glue as I went…
Lastly cut some lobed leaves out of burlap and used a dot of glue to attach them to the finished pumpkins…
Done!
I was excited to create something that would carry us through into November once all the Halloween is put away for another year. I think these cozy little sweaters pumpkins do the trick.
And since it only took 1.5 sweater sleeves and three $1 pumpkins (in addition to 18 sticks of hot glue, 13 band aids, and 2 tubes of burn cream to nurse all my hot glue gun burns…) I would say this was a pretty thrifty little DIY project.
Do you like this fall vignette?
Like this?
Pin it to remember it!
This Sunday it is YOUR TURN to share your fabulous pumpkin project(s) – whether they are Halloween or Fall pumpkins or even things made with pumpkins.
Here is what my cohosts have been up to:
Spooky Spellbound Pumpkin by Christy at Confessions of a Serial Do it Yourselfer
Easy Block Pumpkins by Mandy at The Hankful House
A Pretty Pumpkin Centerpiece by April at House by Hoff
Three Pretty Pumpkins by Abby at Just A Girl and Her Blog
And if those aren’t enough pumpkin ideas for you… here are my hand sketched sharpie pumpkins:
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These are so cute! Thanks for linking up!
Thanks Rita!!
Totally loving and pining this! I love how they look with the texture of the sweaters!!!!
XOXO
Cami
Thank you Cami! And thanks for the pin- I love those!!
I still need to go find an old sweater. This is just the cutest idea and your tutorial is great. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
So glad you like my sweater pumpkins Marty!! Thank you so much for your visit and comments:) Have a fabulous week!!
Love that idea! They turned out great. I’d love for you to link up to The DIY’ers link party! http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-diyers-35.html
Thank you so much Kayla – I will try to hop over there:)
I love your sweater pumpkins! It’s one of the better tutorials I’ve seen! The Band-aid comment truly made me laugh! Gotta love using a hot glue gun. I really liked the the banner in the background too. Super cute! I’m visiting from The Inspiration Mondays link party at TwelveOEight. ~ Jamie
Ha lol! I am recovering from more glue gun burns today! Agh, oh well. The price we pay for great crafts. Thanks so much for your visit Jamie!!
I love sweater pumpkins, and your cable-knit ones are just darling! This is a great way to use those Dollar Tree pumpkins. Pinning!
Hi Tara- it is a great cover up for those funny lines on the dollar tree pumpkins as well. And since the sweaters were picked up at a $5 per bag sale at my local thrift shop (along with my son’s Halloween costume parts) they were even cheaper then the pumpkins themselves. I love projects like that:) Thanks for the pin friend!!
love the sweater pumpkins!! I have some sweaters, and have been anxious to get started. Thanks for the inspiration! Linda
Yay- that is awesome Linda! They are perfect for after Halloween as well I think – more “fall” then Halloween. I hope yours turn out really well!
I love those! Now your pumpkins are ready for the chilly fall days. 🙂
Totally good to go with the weather change Kelly. I could probably even pop them out on the front porch and they’d be as cozy as their bare brothers and sisters. Thanks for the visit!
These are lovely and cute!
Ellya
Thank you Ellya!
These turned out so cute and you’ll be able to keep them out for a while yet! Great idea 🙂
Thanks Christy! I wanted to do something that could last me until Christmas ‘comes out’!
Hi, and wow you did a great job making the pumpkins out of sweaters! Those poor sweaters! Lol! I love the light green shade, so pretty. I saw it on best of the weekend.
Julie at julieslifestyle.blogspot.com
Hi Julie! Those poor old sweaters… I was thrilled to get them at a $5 per bag sale at my local thrift shop – I got three sweaters and my son’s Halloween costume pieces for $5!! I think they don’t mind their reincarnation – they are getting much more positive attention now:) Thanks so much for your visit!!
So cute!! And what an inexpensive craft. Ugh. I wish I had more time to craft!!
Totally inexpensive and easy – time is always the trick isn’t it? I hear ya!
Your pumpkins are darling Krista. Thanks for sharing the easy tutorial. Have a great weekend.
Blessings,
Patti
Thank you Patti! And thanks for the visit – great to hear from you! Hope you are doing well:)
Krista,, I just love these sweater pumpkins!! Now I know what to do with all these old sweaters I hate to get rid of! 🙂 Thank you so much for sharing and joining us at Best of the Weekend! Hope you have a great weekend!
Thank you Cindy! They were quick and easy and I like how cozy they feel:) Thanks for hosting!!
Cute cute cute! And much simpler than I thought it would be!
Thanks Amy! Totally simple!!
These are great Krista- they really do look like they are warm. Definitely cozy!
Thank you Mandy:) Have a fabulous day friend!
oh! your pumpkins are adorable Krista, I love that they are wearing sweaters (too cute) I really like them! you had a great idea making these! 🙂 I’m pinning these! 🙂
Thanks Ingrid! I am actually looking forward to my regular ‘fall’ décor again once Halloween is over!! lol! Can’t wait to find the perfect spot for these little buddies:)
Krista these are so so cute! They do look so cozy! I have three of those black pumpkins, I should totally make some, thanks for the great idea! And thanks for your sweet comment on my blog too, you are awesome!!
And….I pinned them!
Yay! I love pins!!
Mindi it is easy to make sweet comments when you create such great stuff!! Thanks so much for your sweet comments:)
I am headed to a few Halloween parties in the next few days and these would make great hostess gifts! I’m pinning this so I won’t forget…thanks so much!
Ashley Rane Sparks
That is a terrific idea Ashley- especially since they will be great for November/fall décor as well once Halloween is over!! Good thinking:)
I love your cute little sweater-wearing pumpkins!
Thanks! I almost can’t wait to get back to my “fall” décor after Halloween so that I can find the perfect spot for them:)