Pumpkin season is finally here and pumpkins are the stars of the stage everywhere you look, including my thrift store upcycled wood pumpkins. I have shelves in my basement that are dedicated to my thrift store finds and these thrifted wooden candle holders were screaming from their shelf asking for a pumpkin makeover…. and I obliged.
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SUPPLIES NEEDED
- wooden candle holders ~ thrift store
- wood leaves ~ dollar tree
- craft paint ~ orange, green
- scissors ~ small blade
- mod podge
- floral wire
- twine
- glue gun
- foam brush
- artist brush
- sandpaper
- acorn tops (cupules)
- pencil
5 STEPS ~ THRIFT STORE UPCYCLED WOOD PUMPKINS
STEPS 1 ~ 2 ~ 3
1. Sand & paint the wooden candle holders. It took several coats of orange paint since the holders were dark wood. I layered paint until I could see the amount of brown that I wanted to keep in order to still have a rustic look.
2. After the paint dried, I applied mod podge with a foam brush to the candle holder lip. I wrapped the twine around the lip, securing the ends with mod podge.
TIP: Trim off the fly away twine fibers with scissors. I used tiny scissors for trimming.
3. Use the hot glue gun to insert the stick into the candle hole.
STEPS 4 AND 5
4. Paint the pumpkin leaves green. I used wood leaves from the Dollar Tree, which had foam stickers on the backside. Scrape off the stickers. Paint each side of the leaf green. I left the edges the original wood color. Make the vine curls using florist wire and use a pencil to create the vine curl and slide off of pencil. I carefully wrapped the wire around each leaf (see picture below.) Two leaves have one curl and the other two leaves have two curls on each leaf.
5. Use hot glue to attach each leaf and acorn tops (cupules).
I love how my upcycled wood pumpkins turned out, and they look perfect displayed with my painted thrift store flower vase. Does my pumpkin project inspire you to go thrifting to find items to upcycle into pumpkins?
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These are so cute Allyson, what a fabulous makeover. So clever.
Thank you, Julie! I’m glad you like my thrift store makeover.
Oh my gosh! These are so cute. You did such a great job outlining the steps for creating these little pumpkins. Thank you for participating in the Home Imagined Link Party!
Anna, thank you! I’m glad you like my upcycled pumpkins.
Thanks for sharing today on the Home Imagined Link Party.
Meagan thank you for the invitation to your party. 🙂
Allyson,
Wow, I love these pumpkins. You are so clever. Congratulations, you are being featured on Thursday Favorite Things. I hope you can stop by.
Hugs,
Bev
Beverly, thank you so much for featuring my upcycled pumpkins!
Adorable Fall wood pumpkins. I love how you saw thrifted candle holders as pumpkins! Way to think outside the box! Great post! Pinned!
Meagan, so glad you like my wood pumpkins! I surprised myself for seeing pumpkins, too ~ LOL. Thanks for pinning!
These are just adorable, Allyson, and I’m smiling at your statement on your thrift store stash. I have one of those too – and just added more to it yesterday. Now I need to send some old items out the door to make room for the new ones!
Have a lovely and blessed Thanksgiving.
So happy you like my little pumpkins, Rachelle! I surprised myself how cute they turned out ~ lol. I bought a new haul of thrift items last week and now my shelves are overflowing ~ I just can’t help myself! 🙂
These are absolutely adorable. I would have never thought of this if I had seen these in a thrift store. Such a great makeover!
Thank you, Donna! Glad you like my cute little pumpkins. Thanks for visiting!
OMG !! What a clever disguise ! I love your pumpkins. I’d love if you’d share your post at Meraki Link Party.
Naush
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Oops, found you in my spam. So glad you love my little pumpkins! I’ll link up to your party soon, thanks. 🙂
What a clever idea and adorable upcycle! They’re too cute! xo Kathleen
Thank you for the compliments, Kathleen! The shape of the candle holders worked out perfectly for transforming them into little pumpkins.
OH!! How adorable! What a great makeover 🙂
Tania
Glad you like them, Tania! I enjoyed transforming my thrift find into little pumpkins.
Love your creativity, Allyson! Your wood pumpkins look adorable! What a great idea to transform the candleholders into pumpkins!
Thanks for the compliments, Gail! They are even cuter in person, if I do say so my myself lol.
These are adorable and a creative choice for pumpkins.
Cindy
Glad you like my pumpkins, Cindy! I’m real happy with how they turned out.
Very clever, Allyson! You had great vision for these candle holders. They make perfect pumpkins!
Thanks for the compliments, Ann! I’m sure my husband is tired of me saying, “look at my cute little pumpkins,” every time I pass by them. 🙂
These are super cute Allyson!! Cutest ones I’ve seen so far!! I love the way you did the stem and top!
I’m so glad you like my little pumpkins, Jenna! I got lucky that the acorns fit perfectly on the top.
Oh my goodness, these are just totally darling! What a great eye you have!
Thank you, Kim! I’m so happy with how they turned out. They are even cuter in person, if I do say so myself. 🙂