Easy 70's Style Pumpkins
I have always loved a good 70's pattern and decided to try my hand at some 70's style pumpkins. I love the colorful repetitive patterns and think there's just something happy about them. I ended up trying a few different ways because I wasn't sure what I was going to like the most or what would be easiest. I'll share what I did with you and you can decide how you want to go about making your own!
I used real and fake pumpkins for this project. Make sure you pumpkins are clean and dry before decorating. I used regular craft paint to paint my pumpkins.
I decided to use felt to create some of my patterns because felt is so easy to work with.
Decide on a pattern and start cutting out the shapes. You can practice drawing shapes on a scrap piece of paper before you start to make sure you are happy with the pattern.
I knew I wanted a cool flower and after cutting out all the pieces, glued them together with a hot glue gun.
When all the pieces were put together, I used my hot glue gun to add them to my pumpkin.
Cut your felt into strips and you can create a cool 70's style rainbow pumpkin.
I also made one by just adding the felt and not painting first and I love how this one turned out also!
Check out the post on my blog to see the painted pumpkins I made!
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J on Oct 23, 2019
These are very cute, but I have to say that as a teenager going through high school in the early 70’s, I never saw any pumpkins decorated in felt. As I remember, we were still carving scary faces and putting candles inside. Maybe it’s a regional thing —— the south was always slow to catch on, moving at our molasses pace!
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Doreen Kennedy on Sep 30, 2023
I grew up in the 60’s-70’s. I agree with others that we did not decorate our pumpkins in 70’s style. I think the Holly is just sharing her pumpkins decorated in 70’s designs and colors. I really like them!
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