Washi Pumpkins and Terrarium for the Fall

by Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom

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I have been having a lot of fun decorating the house for the fall. My husband surprised me with a 3 drawer console table for Mother's Day and I've been itching to decorate it ALL summer. However, the kids kept me busy!

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I also brought home this adorable white terrarium from IKEA last Spring (!!) and I had yet to decorate it or find a special spot for it in the home.

For the table, I used a large burlap roll to create a simple table liner. I even had some extra burlap leftover for future burlap crafting projects! I plan to get a lamp to place on the left side of the table and I want to get a huge mirror to place behind this table. Until then, I still love how pretty this space is with the terrarium, dried hydrangea blooms and the white pumpkins!

This space was really easy to put together with simple items I had around the home and with a few new items.

Aren't these little burlap leaf shapes cute? They came in colors of burgundy, olive, gold and orange!

I filled these clear milk jugs with dried hydrangea bloom and even decorative acorns! They would be a lot of fun to paint, too if you wanted to go for a 'dipped in gold' effect for them!

Now I will share with you how to create some washi decorated pumpkins!

First, I painted the base of the pumpkins (everything except for the stem) in white. I then painted the stems in gold.

The washi tape is really easy to work with, it sticks on the ceramic pumpkins nicely yet if you make a mistake it pulls off easily and you can try to adhere it again. For this pumpkin I did vertical stripes.

For this smaller pumpkin I did a simple horizontal stripe.

Next I decorated a pumpkin with the gold glitter washi tape.

Having washi tape on some of the pumpkins really adds some visual interest to this display! I also love that I can alway take the washi tape off if I decide I want the pumpkins to be just white again, it is really gentle tape!