Dryer Vent Pumpkins
2 Materials
$10
10 Minutes
Easy
Fall (or autumn as we call it here in the uk is fast approaching!) This means lots more fall inspired crafts and home decorations for the home . Also 'tis the seasons for pumpkins which brings me to the post today .
DIY pumpkins are the best and these pumkins made from a dryer vent are such a cool idea to try this season . I also have another post about how make wicked witch legs for the garden which you can check out by CLICKING HERE
Here is the the really easy tutorial by Lezani
What you need to make a dryer vent pumpkin:
- Dryer vent
- Spray Paint – (Your choice)
- Old branches
- Dried moss
- Leather man multi tool
- hot glue gun (optional)
How to:
Take a piece of dryer vent and put the two ends together to make a circle..it should end up looking like the shape of a pumpkin. Large vents make bigger looking pumpkins and smaller vents make smaller ones
I made them quite tight, that way your stem/stick doesn’t need to be glued, you can just press it in firmly and it holds as the product is very light weight. Fold edges over each other and secure.
I just pushed the one into the other and bent the top wire over a bit with a leatherman too
Spray with desired colour – I used Rustoleum spray paint but you can also keep them silver and put silver glitter over them. Stems are branches from the garden and I used dried out moss around stems. You can also use a cinnamon stick for a stem if you like.
If you make them looser, you can use it as a wreath and you can also wrap them with fabric or stack them on top of each other.
And VOILA your project is done and ready to go – easy peazy DIY dryer vent pumpkins!
More fall projects on the blog - including this burlap pumpkin wreath!
Want more details about this and other DIY projects? Check out my blog post!
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Really cute!! Very clever idea.
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Genius! These look more like real pumpkins than any I've seen. Even the paper ones are so expensive. I want to try these!! Thank you.
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How long of a piece of the dryer vent did you buy to put the big pumpkin together? Clever idea!