I settled in on making these little yarn pumpkins.
Here is all you need.
Yarn, scissors, pipe cleaners and twine if you want to make it into a garland.
You simply wrap the yarn around your hand. The Pin said 120 times. I thought that was a mighty plump pumpkin and opted to only wrap it 80 times.
Then you cut a 10 inch piece of yarn and tie it around your yarn bundle. you want to go thru your fingers capturing the front and back.
You then cut a green pipe cleaner into thirds. Take one of those pieces and tie it onto your pumpkin, twist it together and bend it to make a stem.
The Pin tied several onto the twine to make a pumpkin garland. Here's how I put it together
I had some little burlap pennants and some little canvas ones that I layered together and stapled onto the twine just to add a little something extra.
This was a quick, fun and inexpensive little craft.
Pinterest people are quite creative. Please feel free to follow me on Pinterest, if you like. I try to pin some really fun things......and then I even try out a few and show them to you here.
After the craft I pulled out my fall bin and began decorating other areas around the house.
Some fall leaves for the front door.
Fall flowers for the dining room buffet.
including a little pumpkin painting by my youngest
Fancied up the dining room table with my fall tablecloth from William Sonoma and a glass pumpkin I found at Marshalls
These little succulent candles came from Crate and Barrel and make the perfect little napkin topper.
A few faux pumpkins and leaves by the front door.
Pumpkins and candles by the fireplace.
I got this pretty jar for my birthday in May. Until now it has held some dainty white summer flowers. I traded those out for some fall wheat.
Homegoods has a great selection of fall pillows. I went there to buy some drawer organizers and I came out with these fall pillows.
And these....
And just as I was about to make it to the checkout counter, I found this plaid paper runner for $3.99. Ok, yes, get in the shopping cart.....you can come home with us too.
It was just enough for the kitchen table.
Then I made our favorite fall snack - candy corn and dry roasted peanuts.
And lit a great candle from Bath and Body.
And then in a stroke of extra good fortune, I saw where Hallmark is debuting some new fall movies starting on September 23rd. Thank you, Hallmark! Click here for the details.
Ok, Fall, I hope you enjoy your stay. I certainly will.
So fallish and pretty!
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