How to Make a Pumpkin Topiary

Have you ever wondered how to make a pumpkin topiary? It’s easier than you might think! Let us show you how to stack your pumpkins for beautiful Fall decor!

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but I seem to have a love affair with all kinds of topiaries!

So, I figured why not make one out of pumpkins?

This year I’m using green, white, and black decor on the porch, so I decided to go with a completely neutral topiary!

I hope you love it as much as I do!

I’m so excited to share this DIY with you, so let’s get started!

Here’s how we made our pumpkin topiary!

Choose your pumpkins

For this project, you will need three faux pumpkins. Choose a small, medium, and large size. I bought mine from Michaels.

Gather other supplies

Here is a list of the rest of the supplies you will need to finish the project.

• dowel rod
• planter
• dirt
• drill-if you don’t have one use a sharp knife
• hole saw drill bit set
• regular drill bits
• miter box
• saw

prep pumpkins

Cut holes in the bottom of pumpkins

Cut a hole in the base of the smallest pumpkin with a hole saw drill bit. Leave stem attached.

Make sure the hole fits over the stem of the medium pumpkin.

Cut a hole in the base of the medium pumpkin.

Stack the pumpkins to see how they fit. I did not like how the middle pumpkin looked on my topiary. It was shorter and fatter than I wanted. So, I went back to Michael’s and bought a taller, slimmer, medium-sized pumpkin.

In the meantime, Rich cut a hole in the bottom of the large pumpkin.

I’m back with a different medium pumpkin, and Rich is cutting a hole in the base of it!

Hooray! I like the shape of this topiary much better!! Now we can work on the stems!

Cut holes in stems of pumpkins

We will be inserting a dowel rod through the pumpkins, so I can store them easier, and reuse them differently next year. That means we need to cut a hole through the stems of the medium and large pumpkins.

Rich used a drill to cut a hole in the center of the stem and then he drilled it out wider.

He did the same thing to the medium pumpkin.

Put them on the dowel rod and see how they fit together. I had to decide which of the two planters I wanted to use. I finally decided on the black shorter planter.

assemble topiary

Mark the rod to the desired length you need.

Cut the rod using a miter box and saw.

Insert the rod through the hole in the planter.

Put pumpkins back on the rod.

Pack dirt into the planter.

Embellish

I want my topiary to look cohesive with the other items on my porch, so I am going to embellish it a bit!

I started by adding Spanish moss around the base to hide the dirt.

Next, I added black and white buffalo check and burlap bows around the base. To see how I made the bows click here. This is the post for how I made the wreath, and it gives directions on how to make the bows.

Style

I decided to place the topiary on the right side of my front door.

Next, I added pumpkins around the base!

I’m so pleased with how my topiary turned out. I think this is such a fun and beautiful addition to our porch! Now that you’ve seen how simple it is to make a pumpkin topiary, are you going to try it??

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Blessings, Donna and Rich

More Inspiration

If you’d like to see more info based on Fall themes, check out the posts below!

• How to Make Two Types of Twine Pumpkins
• Six Easy Steps to a Fall Coffee Bar
• How to make Rae Dunn Inspired Candles
• Inexpensive Halloween Decor for your Kitchen
• How to Make a Halloween Wood Bead Garland

Get the look

Here are items similar to those I used in this project.