Autumn Craft Challenge: Pumpkin Porch Decoration

Marketplace Events Exhibit Sales Consultant, Katelyn Grimm's entry in our Autumn Craft Challenge is getting a lot of attention. It's already received over 30 votes! Do you love Katelyn's craft? Find out how to make your own. Katelyn gave us the inside scoop on how she completed her project. Try it for yourself and make the perfect porch decoration for fall.

What you'll need:

Supplies

1 Large pumpkin

1 Medium pumpkin

1 Small pumpkin

Handful of fake leaves/fall flowers

Fall colored ribbon

Holiday lights

Tools

1 Glue gun

1 Philips screwdriver

1 Sharp serrated knife

1 Strong spoon (for scooping out seeds)

Now that you have everything, it's time to get started making your porch festive for fall. To help keep things simple and organized the directions below are broken up by pumpkin.

Biggest Pumpkin (Pumpkin #1)

Step 1. Carve out a lid so that the medium pumpkin can "sit" in the hole without falling through.
Step 2. Scoop out all the seeds.
Step 3. Cut a 1x1 square in the middle of the pumpkin (we will refer to this as the "backdoor").

Step 4. Poke holes using your screwdriver on the opposite side of your pumpkin's "backdoor".
Step 5. Take the plug end of the lights and feed it from the inside of the pumpkin through the "backdoor".
Step 6. Take the individual lights and poke them through the holes you made, so they can shine on outside of the pumpkin.

Medium Pumpkin (Pumpkin #2)

Katelyn chose to use a different colored pumpkin in her decoration, but feel free to use a regular orange one.

Step 1. This is where you'll use your glue gun (there's no carving required for this pumpkin). Decorate the pumpkin with ribbon in whatever fashion you'd like. Katelyn did lines, but you could try black felt polka dots.

Smallest Pumpkin (Pumpkin #3)

Step 1. Carve out a lid.
Step 2. Scoop out all the seeds.
Step 3. On the bottom carve a 1x1 square - this is for the stem from pumpkin #2 to fit into and connect the pumpkins.
Step 4. Place bouquet of fake flower/leaves in the top like a vase.

Assembling the Finished Product

Step 1. Take pumpkin #2 and sit it on top of pumpkin #1.
Step 2. Take pumpkin #3 and place it on the stem of pumpkin #2.
Step 3. Take the rest of the fake leaves and tuck them in and around where the pumpkins meet.
Step 4. If you have extra holiday lights, feed them out of pumpkin #1's "backdoor" and loop around where you tucked the leaves.
Step 5. Plug in and place on your porch.

Katelyn made this craft as part of the Marketplace Events Autumn Craft Challenge. To see other entries and vote for your favorite visit our Facebook page. For more fall project inspiration, visit our Pinterest page and make sure to share your creations with us on Twitter (@HomeShows) using #MPEautumn.

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Autumn Craft Challenge

Here at Marketplace Events we love getting crafty. We’ve done pumpkin paint offs and found lots of eggspiration. We’ve asked you to share your best DIYs and in turn we’ve given you lots of tips and ideas for projects. To celebrate fall we’re following our creative tradition and doing what we love best: an autumn craft challenge. We asked our colleagues to scour the internet and their childhood memories in search of the best autumn crafts for the home. Everyone had a minimal budget and three weeks to create something seasonal. Here’s a taste of what we came up with.

To see all the projects we created visit our Facebook page. Make sure to tell us what you think by voting for your favorite. The winning office will receive bragging rights and a pizza party, so don’t be shy – tell us who you think deserves to win. For more fall project ideas check out our Autumn Craft Challenge board on Pinterest. It has all of the projects we created (and a few others we think would be fun to try).

 

Did you know that connecting with us on Facebook has perks beyond getting to see fun craft challenges and home decor tips? It also gives you access to exclusive discounts! Right now when you like us on Facebook you can get two tickets for the price of one to the Marketplace Events fall home show of your choice. Happy Fall from Markplace Events!

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