So what costs less than 5 bucks and takes less than 5 minutes to make?
A stunning pumpkin centerpiece.
It’s true! You’ll love one on your table this fall, especially on Thanksgiving Day.
I love surfing Pinterest for ideas just like most of you. But if it’s not easy and relatively inexpensive to do, I won’t follow through with it.
This project was both easy and cheap so I was on board. I hope you are, too.
Here’s what you need to do!
Supplies needed…
While I love the idea of using real pumpkins you can use faux ones.
It just won’t be as easy to hammer in the pieces, but it will still work.
You may have to use a lot more glue.
Many of the pumpkin centerpieces I’ve seen on the web require you to cut the top of the pumpkin out (so you can stuff flowers and whatnot inside) which means getting into pumpkin guts.
You will need:
Pumpkins
Staples
Nails
I was avoiding that type of mess this time around.
Besides, if you don’t cut into the pumpkin it won’t rot as quickly on you and last the entire fall season.
When you’re ready to splice it open, or if you choose to put your decor in the middle anyhow, make sure you roast those pumpkin seeds.
Waste not? Right. Haven’t you always wanted to make your own pumpkin puree?
And before we get started….you can use real or fake pine slices. Wood slices can be bought cheaply, too!
Tips to get you started…
- I’ve found the best place to get crafting supplies is Hobby Lobby which has all the selection of glitzy fall items you need on clearance right now.
- Wood slices are what’s hot right now. The problem is they range in price from $20-$40 if you buy from a conventional store. I acquired these from my sister after her late fall wedding.
- So if you can’t bum a few off a newlywed, you could purchase a some from the Amish or even make your own.
- I always see stumps at the curb. And you only need a small stump sliced thin. It doesn’t need to be finished. In fact, the more rustic, the better! You don’t absolutely need the board either, the pumpkin can stand alone.
- Place your pumpkin on a piece of burlap for an even more rustic effect.
- If you can get wood slices for free, stack a few pine slices on top of each for a more dramatic effect.
- The staples can be purchased from $1-$5 from Home Depot depending on how many you buy and how big the pack is.
- They’re useful for other projects and you can always share the clips with your family and friends to save even more.
- Mixing both traditional orange pumpkins, white pumpkins, and gourds of various sizes create dimension.
- Lit candles always look nice!
- Glue is optional. Only if you really want the leaves to stay in place. I didn’t use any on mine because it wasn’t needed.
Method
- Start by laying out your glitzy add-ons and determining what pumpkin to put them on and figure out if you need to snip them a bit.
- Ask yourself a few questions and play with your glitzy add-on pieces…..hmm, does the orange piece look better on an orange or white pumpkin?
- Do I need 2 or 3 add-ons? Do I even need 5 or 7 add-ons?
- Should I place the leaves and acorns on the top or should I dangle them on the side? What combinations look best?
- Does it have enough sparkle? Don’t fasten anything until you eyeball it up first to make sure it looks just the way you want it too.
- For thinner stems, just take a very thin nail and hammer it into the pumpkin. Then you stick the stem of your glitzy add-ons into that hole.
- Add a little glue on the side if you think it’s necessary. Yes, it’s that easy!
Burlap is so “in” right now for both weddings and holidays!
- For bigger or thicker stems, you might have to use the cable wood staples.
- In this case, hold the stem in place putting the hook as high as possible while gently hammering in.
- The higher you go, the less visible it will be. Layer the glitzy pieces to your satisfaction to create just the right look.
- Place the pumpkin on the wood board. You could layer burlap on top of the board or not, depending on your tastes.
- That’s it, you’re done! I really meant 5 minutes.
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Which do you prefer? Cooking or crafting for that Thanksgiving meal?
Love this idea especially the white pumpkin!
I love it.
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Awesome ideas for diy pumpkin decorating. Fast, easy and beautiful
Love everything I see here.
This is a fun project. And pumpkin sizes vary so much as with colors.
Wow, that was easy. They look great! Thanks for posting!
I love this! Great ideas for pumpkins.
I adore your festive pumpkin centerpieces! And, I can envision many possibilities for individualization of a centerpiece so one’s unique taste can shine through. If I were given the choice I would much rather creatively craft a centerpiece, based upon your tips, than cook all or part of the Thanksgiving meal. Thank you.
This is so nice
such a cute idea
Great ideas and such a beautiful end result!
Nice ideas.
Love it
Very creative and looks great. I unfortunately lack the creativity and motivation needed to assemble anything like this. But I appreciate and respect people who do.
They are both beautiful! I especially love the white one!
I love to decorate with pumpkins. I love the feeling that a pumpkins emots–I guss I love fall. But these are wonderful and elegant and classic to decorate the pumpkin.
That is so beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
So stealing this idea! I will do this today and I can’t wait.
These are awesome ideas!
I like candles.
These are awesome ideas. Love them all.
I love your great ideas and giveaways.
I love the DIY pumpkin centerpiece. Thanks for sharing all the awesome ideas.
I love these ideas. They look simple enough for even me to do them. I never think of such fun, creative things to do like this. Thanks for sharing.
I love and have done this before. Just wonderful. I also have used an all natural paint, the type that would be safe if eaten, and painted the baking pumpkins to decorate with and then clean them up and still use them to make pies and desserts out of.
great idea how much does pine wood cost you? I love the wood
I will definitely be using some of those ideas
Looks so good
Might be time to invest in decorating for the holidays again – being home so much I need a pick-me-up
I try to still do some arts and crafts, but my hands don’t work that well anymore. I help my grandkids as much as I can. My daughter loves doing fun pretty things like these. She’ll love that it is only 5 minutes to do. Thank you for sharing and Be Safe!
I usually don’t have time for things like this but I can spare 5 min.
nice
Cooking. Thanks for the great articles and helpful photos.
Love the white pumpkin.
Great site, we will be visiting often. Thank you.
“AWESOME”!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Never tried it I may now though they look nice .
I’m far from good at crafts but this centerpiece looks amazing and so simple to make!! I’m definitely making a few 🙂 I think they will make nice hostess gifts and even a nice centerpiece on my table 🙂
these are beautiful
Really nice!
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People are getting more and more creative with pumpkins, but I like the natural look.
Awesome !!
Just had a baby shower and we decorated in Halloween Theme.
I love easy diy’s! And I have everything!
This website is so very festive! HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY!!!
What pretty decor!
I love your contests.
Prefer cooking over crafting … other than carving pumpkins for thanksgiving. Love any food with real pumpkin in it but never been a fan of pumpkin spice flavor.
I always cook for holidays as I enjoy it.Sometimes craft too,as cookie turkeys decoratd with candy corn with the kids.
very pretty
Enjoy making creative pumpkin designs with my grandchildren. Helps their creativity.
What a fun activity for me to do with my niece and nephew when they spend the weekend with me!
They look so pretty!
Love this blog.
Because of Covid-19 we will not be hosting anyone in our home this year but I bookmarked this for NEXT year!
Great ideas. Although I’ll be hosting nothing this year 🙁
It looks great! Very festive!
I’m not a DIY but i do like this, pretty! i wish i had patience to be a DIY
I love those sparkle acorns! Very cool
great ideas
These are awesome. I am going to give it a try and hope they come out as good as yours.
Grandchild would love to do these.
Pumpkin
Cool ideas!
Covid and the struggles with work have sucked me dry. I am having a hard time doing fun things anymore. I really need to get out of my malaise.
Love this site–thanks for the opportunity to win NICE CHAIRS—WOW I NEED THEM!!! Blessings
Love a pumpkin centerpiece in the fall. Perfect for Thanksgiving dinner.
These are beautiful!
Just love all the different ways you decorate the pumpkins
Love them. My favorite is the one that looks like marbles on it. What are they?
i love cooking
I’ll take option 3. Neither. Easy enough idea, if your into that kind of stuff.
No visitors? No trick or treaters? This year we’ll not be decorating, we’ll be focused on more ‘”pumkin pie””…so cooking and eating is on the agenda.thanks
My wife loves a nice looking table but to me the best decorations you can have is it slathered in food dishes. The more pumpkin pies the better.
A beautiful centerpiece! Thanks for the inspiration!
Woot!
Love the idea of making a pumpkin centerpiece. You can do some many different looks.
love this idea!
These are all so beautiful! Thank for the ideas.
Very pretty
Very cool ideas. I would not have thought of that.
Amazing pumpkin centerpiece!!
Love new centerpieces for Fall Thank you!!
I have pumpkins all over my house this time of year.
So cute! Thanks! Take care!
Since I use pumpkin in my homemade dog food, I didn’t save any pumpkins that I grew this year for decor. I do have LOTS of gourds though. I could paint a few orange!
I love decorating with pumpkins and these are so easy and quick to make! I could use them for both the Halloween and Thanksgiving table decorations and it would be a fun craft project for the family to all make one for themselves. thanks for the awesome idea!
Lovely centerpieces. I don’t think I’m that ambitious.
As soon as I can get my kids to sit still, we are definitely making a couple of these. Thanks so much!
Super cute! I never thought to just decorate an actual pumpkin. How cool is that.
So creative and a great idea. Love the pictures.
Beautiful chairs! Would love the chocolate and weathered
like the glitter and bling.
Very clever. And so attractive!
Nice idea.
Thanks for the sweepstakes and chance to win.
Wow!! That is a great idea! Looks easy too! I don’t prefer to cook or craft! I prefer to eat! LOL. Thanks! Happy Thanksgiving! Yum!
I love these ideas.
Nice relatively easy craft for those of us who are not creative.
nice
I love this little craft idea, but I am no crafter; I would rather buy my crafts than make them, because I have 2 left thumbs. I am a pretty decent cook, though, and enjoy cooking for holidays.
I really wanna try this with my 6 year old thank u for the awesome diy ideas your so cool! I’m definitely going to utilize all this great inspiration information !
Fantastic tips and ideas on how to decorate our pumpkins at home (DIY). Pumpkins can be decorated in a fancy fashion or a more simple fashion.
Thanks for sharing these great ideas!
Love this idea for decorating pumpkins!
You can also go in nature and find a lot of nice stuff to use!
I really like the idea of not cutting into the pumpkin and the white one is goals for sure.
my little niece loves crafts think my little niece would love to make this for sure
Nice crafts
I love decorating with pumpkins this time of year.
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I will have to try making this, very festive for the season.
We are thinking about doing something different than carving this year too.
I prefer crafting for Thanksgiving and letting someone else have the fun of cooking. I’m much better at eating too. I love your variety of ideas for decorating your pretty pumpkins!
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These are all absolutely gorgeous! I really love the white set up!
I cook my pumpkins down to freeze, but these are cute!
I love all these great pumpkin decorating ideas…will make great table centerpieces! 🎃 🎃
gorgeous!
Wonderful ideas! So glad I found this article!
this is so cute and even using leaves from the trees and the yard would look great.
These are awesome! I needed something new for my table; something besides the tired centerpiece I’ve been using for the last few years. Thanks!
Who would have thought there were so many ways to decorate a pumpkin. I’m not creative on my own. Like the ideas
This is so pretty and doesn’t look too hard to make.
Nice info
I usually prefer cooking for Thanksgiving but I would try this at least once.
This is so adorable and looks easy to make. Thanks for sharing it.
Looks like something I would like to try!
Oh how nice. I have cored out pumpkins & seated a vase in them for flowers in the past. I would imagine if using a fake pumpkin, the arrangement can be used year to year.
What a fun project to do and it looks great.
Pumpkins make great decorations but best pies
The pine wood pieces really make this centerpiece a beauty! I love it!
Thanks for all the ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I can’t make these crafts that well by myself, but I have grandkids that would love to help me do these autumn 🍂 decor crafts. I love this time of year! The colors and the cooler weather. This craft was definitely pin worthy! It’s easy and the costs are very reasonable. Thank you for sharing! Now is the perfect time to make pumpkin cookies, muffins, and PIE 🥧
My secret word pie will not take in that secret code field 😞
I love to do both crafting and cooking!
My family loves the Holiday eating, so I put a lot of time and passion into the Holiday cooking!
Great ideas, looks simple and easy to do.
That is SO beautiful! Thank you for sharing this. 🙂
Beautiful!! Pumpkins will last a lot longer too, rather than carving them.
So cute
Cooking while the grandkids craft
So beautiful!
A great and very idea to decorate your table!
Everything is just So Beautiful <3 <3 <3. Thank You For All The Wonderful Ideas
A really stunning, festive piece that would be perfect for any Thanksgiving table!
I love cooking over crafting.
I love everything fall. I love it so much that I decorate my living room in the fall colors. So, you will see pumpkins in my home year around. The only time I take them down is at Christmas where they are replaced with white ones to blend in with my Christmas colors.
all beautiful ideas
beautiful idea!!
Great alternatives for decorating a pumpkin.
Great idea! Perfect for the fall
Great ideas, I really love the look of the white pumpkin.
Absolutely beautiful!
Actually neither. I cooked for many years but that is over and I’ve never been crafty although I appreciate buying the items from others.
look great
I like the pumpkin designs.
So cute. Love them.
Very nice pieces and very good information in an easy to understand presentation here, always
How simple and pretty. You’d have to pay a lot to purchase something like this–so economical and very pretty!
Nice ideas
So cute! I love this idea!
This is definitely A stunning pumpkin centerpiece! It would be fun to try and then display.
So cute and so easy to do!
I love the stars on these!
Great Ideas!
Thats too cute.
So pretty..u got some talent ..Beautiful ❤️🍁🍁🍂🎃🎃🍁🍂🎃🍂🍁🍁
I love this pumpkin craft. The glitter is my favorite part.
The white pumpkin looks so pretty, I love this idea!
Very nice! This would be a great family craft project.
That looks pretty neat.
I love the ideas and are so easy to do.
So clever!
I think that the center piece is nice!
Wow this is so great! I love reading this! Thank you
A simple way to add a fall and holiday touch to any table. Love it!