Thrift Store Upcycled Wood Pumpkins

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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.

thrift store upcycled wood pumpkins

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SUPPLIES NEEDED

candle holders before made into wood pumpkins
  • 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
supplies needed for thrift store upcycled wood pumpkins

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.

steps 1 and 2 for thrift store upcycled wood pumpkins

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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30 thoughts on “Thrift Store Upcycled Wood Pumpkins”

  1. 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!

  2. 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

  3. 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.

    1. 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! 🙂

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