October 11, 2011

DIY pumpkin wreath



Happy Fall, y'all! Sometimes, my mom and I get super crafty, especially when we're together. Over Labor Day weekend, C and I went home to Baton Rouge to see my family and relax. Before we left, I discovered this little sucker on Pintrest and realized that I could make it for FAR cheaper than the $50 etsy asking price....

Source: etsy.com via Dishy on Pinterest





Cute, right? Cue me calling my mom, sending her the picture, and the scheming beginning. Here's how we made our own:

What you'll need:
two rolls of 4" orange mesh (found at Hobby Lobby, or this website)
one roll of 4" black mesh for the stem
one roll of green 4" mesh for the leaves
large embroidery hoop (however big you want your wreath to be)
2 packages of orange pipe cleaners (and wire cutters to cut them in half)
latch hook canvas (found at Hobby Lobby)


We attached our latch hook canvas to the hoop using wire and trimmed the ends to give us a base for our pumpkin, as seen below.


Roll approximately 10 inches of mesh and cut. Make this into a little roll, as seen below. Don't mind my fabulous hands in the picture.

Twist 1/2 of a orange pipe cleaner around the middle of your roll to create a bow-type object. Make sure the pipe cleaner is super tight. Then, thread the pipe cleaner through the holes in your canvas and twist on the back. You won't need to put one through every single hole, just keep adding to the wreath until it fills in.


Keep going, you're almost done.


When your wreath is as full as you'd like, add the stem and leaves with the rest of your mesh. Voila! Hang on your door and enjoy :)



Let me know if you have any questions (I'm not the best at step-by-step directions) or decide to make one. I'd love to see yours!
Posted by Erin at 9:00 AM
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52 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness this is the cutest thing that I have ever seen. I am definitely going to attempt to make one! Thanks so much for sharing. I love your blog and I am your newest follower!

    xo

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  2. So glad you loved it! Let me know how it turns out! Xox

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  3. Thanks you Erin!Awesome! I wondered how those were made! Love it! Gonna make one for sure!

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  4. I am in love with this! I could even adapt this and make a snowman for Christmas!!


    Love it!

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  5. How wonderful!! Thank you so very much for posting your tute!!

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  6. wonderful~ and my new town has both hobby lobby and a micheal's. what does the back look like? does it lie (sp?) on the door?

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    1. Welcome, Camille! The back is a bunch of knobby ends of the pipecleaners. My wreath sits fine on a regular wreath hanger that goes above the top of my apartment door. Good luck! Let me know if you make one :)

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    2. Thanks for the information I will post a pic if and when I get to make one!

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  7. LOVE this idea. I am soooo going to try and make this. You said that you cut the orange mesh 10 inches. How long did you cut the green and the black mesh????? Thanks for sharing this idea with us.

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  8. So just to be nosy...do you have an idea of a final cost? I think this is ADORABLE!!!!

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    1. If you're buying stuff full price it's going to be more than the $50 one from etsy, though you ought to have left over stuff. She linked to the mesh rolls and they're $10 each, so that's $40 right there.

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    2. You need to look at the "feet" the hobby lobby one only has 30 feet which is what I assume she used...which is why she needed 4...the link she provided is 25 yds which is roughly 75 feet.

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  9. This is fantastic! I so will be making one...or more! How did you do the black stem? Thanks for sharing.

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  10. I was wondering exactly how you made the stem and leaves bc I notice they are quite longer than the orange mesh pieces?

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  11. I think I am going to try this in red to make an apple for my classroom door.

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  12. Did you hot glue the the latch hoop canvas on top of your embroidery hoop?

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  13. That is adorable

    How large is your hoop

    and, about how long to make wreath ?

    thanks
    Mar

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  14. I just made this tonight while watching the Olympics! So easy and darling! Thank you for posting pictures.

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    1. what did you attach the latch hook material onto the hoop with?

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    2. I think she said she used some type of wire

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  15. hi erin love the wreath. could you let me know how you made the stem (length of mesh) and leaves . thanks

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  16. I am madly in love with this wreath. Could be done for so many holidays. Thanks for the great tutorial.

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  17. Just wondering about how you did the stem and leaves. They looked longer than the pumpkin part. It's too cute! I could see doing an apple for teachers too!!

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  18. So so cute! Thanks for sharing and can't wait to see what else you come up with. The ideas are endless with this wreath.... Elmo, apple, snowman, ornament, etc etc. Thanks again!

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  20. Way cute!!! I'm making one for my door, as well as my classroom door. Thanks for sharing!

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  21. You are a GENIOUS!!!! this is fantastic!!! Thank You so much...it looks simple enough for me not to mess it up!!! and believe me I do mess up a lot, LOL..just one question, a dumb one...what is "Latch Hooked Canvas"? is it the Tennis Racket kind of thingy on top of the round hoop? do I just ask for it at my hobby Lobby? Thank You so much!!! and again this is beautiful!!!

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    1. Yes, it is the stuff on top of the hoop that you will use to insert the pipe cleaners (holding the mesh in the bow-like form). Here is a link to the item at Joann. You can find it at Hobby Lobby too (and probably Michaels...not positive though).

      http://www.joann.com/graph-n-latch-blank-canvas-with-grid/prd40245/

      If you're not sure, ask someone working there...they should be able to direct you.

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  22. Thank you I love this!! I can't wait till October to do this. Alabama football starts Saturday so instead of a pumpkin I got an large oval embroidery hoop turned it into a Alabama football. Thank you again I had been trying to figure out the trick to this.

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    1. I'm a Bama fan too and would love to see a pic of your finished football. Was it hard? What did you use for the laces? And where did you find your oval hoop? Thanks and ROLL TIDE!!!

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  23. Another easy way for a hook is to put a much longer piece of mesh and just tie the top into a bow :) That's what I'm going to attempt.

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  24. Did you glue the rug canvas to the top of the embroidery hoop? From the picture it doesn't look like it is enclosed in the hoop.

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  25. I'm going to tempt to make this wreath today. I only have one craft store here where I live and they don't carry the 4" mesh, I had to get the 5.5". It should still work.....I hope.

    Stacye.....the directions said she wired it to the hoop. However, I will hot glue and then wire.

    I'll let you all know how this works out. These are excellent directions and I can't wait to get started. If only the house would clean its self...LOL

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  26. Thanks for linking to our site (www.mardigrasoutlet.com) for your supplies. I love the way you created this pumpkin wreath. We have another version on our blog (see link below) that uses the wider mesh. It turns out much larger, though. I like the idea of using a smaller mesh.
    Thanks for the idea!
    http://blog.mardigrasoutlet.com/2012/07/curly-deco-mesh-wreath-tutorial.html

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  27. This is the cutest pumpkin wreath ever and the price is perfect!! I can't wait to make one!!!

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  28. Erin, thanks so much for posting these directions. I saw this wreath and fell in love with it and someone had linked to your directions. I'm working on my Dad's 80th birthday party that is baseball themed and made this for the front door. I made a baseball and was surprised how forgiving it was. A great project! I just used one of the pipe cleaners to make a loop at the top for hanging. It's so lightweight it worked perfectly. Love your blog!

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  29. Hi Erin, this is a really cute project and so simple, my daughter would love to sit down with me and make one of these! I'm a new follower, I would love for you to come follow me, I just started blogging this year but having fun making new friends:) Thanks so much for sharing!
    ~Lori

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  30. Super cute tutorial! Thank you for the idea. I was able to land the deco mesh at Hobby Lobby for 40% off this week. I had to purchase the orange at a locally owned supply shop because HL was out. I gave it a whirl this week and just finished it up tonight. I wrote about it here if you'd like to see what my version ended up like: http://thebamaperspective.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/halloween-door-hanger/
    Thanks again!
    Beth

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  31. Can you please tell me the length that you cut the black and green mesh for the stem and leaves??? Also, did you fill the whole area with orange and then add the leaves and stems?? Just wondering exactly how you did that part.

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  32. LOVE this wreath you made! Would love to make one or buy one but for now will adore yours as I am closing my crafting room while we try to sell our home. Thanks for offering this! Kathi

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  33. love this project. I wanted something different for front door as well. I might have to try this one. I would LOVE for you to link up this post on my Perfect Pumpkin Week link up to share with my other lovely followers. http://mommynmeblog.com/2012/09/perfect-pumpkin-week/

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  34. Erin, I love you!! My daughter and her best friend just found these somewhere and were describing them to me... I had no idea what they were talking about until I found your tutorial. You're a jewel and I so appreciate your wonderfully done pictures and instructions. We're headed to hobby lobby this afternoon!!

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  35. So Cute! I blog over at http://2crafty4myskirt.blogspot.com/ This Thursday I will be posting a round up of handmade pumpkins. I plan to include this project with a link to your tutorial. Please let me know if you are not OK with that. Great work!

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  36. Wow.. so incredibly cute! Question: the website link for the orange mesh states it is a 25 yd roll. Do we really need 4 of them or are the ones at Hobby Lobby smaller rolls?

    Thanks so much for sharing a cute & simple craft! Just adore it! :D

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  37. Love this idea! I am going to buy smaller hoops and black ribbon for small spiders!

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  38. Super Cute! If I wasn't in the middle of moving and making Halloween costumes for 5 little ones I would make this tomorrow! Pinning it in Pinterest to do for next year though, Thanks!

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  39. You are AWESOME! I have been trying so hard, to figure out how people are making these! Thank you, thank you! =)

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  43. I would think using a cross stitch hoop and enclosing the mesh in between the 2 circles would make more sense versus cutting it to fit the circle and then attaching the mesh with wire????? And I'm pretty sure she just cut the black mesh longer to make it look bigger. Same as she did with the green.

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