How to Make Adorable Yarn Pumpkins

Want to make your home look beautiful and feel cozy this Fall? Learn how to make these adorable yarn pumpkins to add to your decor!

Whether you’re an experienced crafter or just looking for a fun and easy DIY activity, these precious yarn pumpkins are perfect for adding a festive touch to your decor.

With just a few supplies and a little time, you can create these cute, handmade decorations to brighten up any space.

We’ll walk you through the steps to make four types of yarn pumpkins!

You can make one or all of them like we did!

Gather Materials

Gather the following materials to complete this project:

• Faux pumpkins
• Yarn
• Scissors
• Craft knife
• Ruler
• Glue gun
• Craft paper
• Jute twine
• Paint- you will need paint that matches your yarn
• Paintbrush

Prep

We need to do a little prep for the pumpkins before we wrap them in yarn! First, remove any tags and the stem.

Use a craft knife to cut a hole in the top and bottom of the pumpkin.

The hole will be between one and two inches, depending on the type of yarn you use.

If you use chunky yarn, make a larger hole.

You’ll understand when you see the examples below!

Paint the pumpkin the same color as the yarn.

It’s tempting to skip this step, but don’t!!

You want it to be a close match so you don’t notice the color of the pumpkin peeking through the yarn.

How to make yarn pumpkins

Ready to see how easy it is to make four types of yarn pumpkins?

We’ll showcase each one and then show you how to make stems to top them off!

Let’s start with the easiest and quickest one first.

1) Small white with chenille

This cutie is made with white chenille yarn and a small pumpkin I purchased at Walmart.

Paint the pumpkin white.

Cut a 1-1/2 inch hole in the top and bottom of the pumpkin, it will look huge, but the yarn will fill it in!

Cut a 6-foot piece of chenille yarn.

Hot glue the chenille yarn to the inside top of the pumpkin.

Wrap the yarn around the pumpkin and pull it up through the bottom hole.

Continue to wrap the yarn around the pumpkin and bring it up through the bottom hole until the entire pumpkin is covered.

Securely tuck the last bit of yarn into the hole.

2) Medium Tan with chunky twist yarn

You can make this pumpkin exactly like the one I showed you above, but it’s bigger and wastes a lot of the yarn on the inside of the pumpkin.

So rather than wrapping a long strand of yarn, I cut individual pieces.

If you have more money, than time, make it like the small white chenille example above.

If you want to use less yarn, follow my instructions below!

This sweetie was made with a medium styrofoam pumpkin from Dollar Tree and tan chunky twist yarn from Michaels.

Paint the pumpkin!

Cut a piece of yarn 13 inches long and tie a knot at each end.

Repeat 31 more times, you will need 32 strands of yarn!

Put hot glue on the inside edge of the pumpkin and attach the yarn to it.

BE CAREFUL!

Do not touch the glue with your fingers, it is hot and can burn you.

We recommend using silicone finger protectors.

Wrap the yarn around the pumpkin and glue it inside the bottom hole.

Only hot glue the first four strands, you will not need to adhere anymore after that!

Tuck strands into the top and bottom of the pumpkin until it is completely covered!

3) Medium white with braided chenille

To make this pumpkin look super chunky, I braided chenille strands!

I started with a medium styrofoam pumpkin from Dollar Tree and chunky chenille yarn from Walmart.

Cut a piece of yarn to 13 inches. Repeat two more times for a total of three strands.

Use hot glue to adhere the three strands together at one end.

Do not touch hot glue!!!

When the glue has dried and is no longer hot, place the glued end under a table lamp and braid the three strands together.

Glue the end of the braid together.

You will need 16 braided strands to go around the pumpkin.

Hot glue the first four strands to the inside of the pumpkin at the top and bottom.

Tuck in the remaining braided strands until the pumpkin is covered!

4) Medium tan with Braided yarn

I saved this one for last because it is the most time-consuming.

I think it was worth the time I put into it!!

Here’s a tip- work on it while binge-watching your favorite TV show and the time will fly by!

The pumpkin and the yarn were purchased at Dollar Tree for $1.oo a piece!

Don’t forget to paint the pumpkin!

Cut a piece of yarn 13 inches long.

Repeat eight more times, so you have 9 pieces of yarn.

Tie one end together.

Repeat that step 31 more times making 32 tied strands.

Divide one strand into three sections.

Braid the strand.

Try to keep the strands as flat as possible.

I put the tied end of my strand underneath my desk lamp which made braiding much easier!

You should have a painted pumpkin and 32 braided strands.

Glue one end of the braid inside the top hole of the pumpkin and the other end inside the bottom hole.

Repeat three more times.

Tuck the remaining braids around the pumpkin until it is completely covered.

how to Make stems for yarn pumpkins

Now it’s time to make the stems for our yarn pumpkins!

Take a roll of craft paper and cut a 3-inch wide strip.

Fold the end over and roll up the entire strip of craft paper.

Hot glue the edge down.

Attach twine to the top of the roll with hot glue.

Wrap the twine around the roll, covering 2/3^rd of the stem. Cut the twine and secure it with hot glue.

Push the stem into the top hole of the pumpkin.  It should fit securely but you can use hot glue if you want.

Embellish Your Yarn Pumpkins

Make a bow with the twine and adhere it to the pumpkin stem.

You could also add a leaf if you like.

I used different types of twine on each pumpkin.

It gives each one a slightly different look!

Aren’t they the cutest things you’ve ever seen?

How to Style Yarn Pumpkins

There are so many ways you can style these amazing pumpkins!

Group them on a shelf!

Tuck them into a wooden bowl!

Display them in a tray with a large fluffy pumpkin pillow!

In Conclusion

I am so thrilled with how these pumpkins turned out!

I think they look beautiful and give a warm cozy vibe to the house!

Now that you know how easy it is to make these adorable yarn pumpkins will you try it?

Let me know what you think about this DIY in the comments below!

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Blessings, Donna and Rich

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Get The Look

We’ve linked items similar to the ones we used to make these adorable DIY pumpkins!

Click the blue links to get more information on each item.

Orange Faux Pumpkin / 12-piece Assorted Pumpkins / Folding Hand Saw

White Yarn / Chunky Chenille Yarn/ Hot Glue Gun / Hot Glue Sticks

Hot Glue Finger Caps / Brown Craft Paper / Jute Twine