Dress Up a Plain Faux Pumpkin

5 Materials
$8
10 Minutes
Easy
I love adding my own touch to decor items that need a little dressing up. I found this faux pumpkin last year at Home Goods, on sale after the fall season. When I got it out of my fall decor bin this season., I knew I wanted to add some embellishments to it. Have a look at how easy it is to give a plain faux pumpkin some style in a budget friendly way.
Decorative Tape is such a great craft item. There are so many uses for it. I found a roll that was narrow that was perfect for this project. I had the stretch cord in my craft stash.  It’s easy to dress up a plain faux pumpkin with just a few supplies. The indentations in the pumpkin were deep enough for the tape to fit right into them. I was a bit disappointed in this particular tape. It did not want to adhere well to the pumpkin. I added tiny dots of hot glue at the stem. The tape was pulled down the indentations and wrapped underneath the pumpkin. A little more hot glue was needed for the bottom, too. 
To give the pumpkin a more finished look, I wrapped a piece of stretch cord around the stem. I hot glued it in place and trimmed off the excess.
Recently, I spotted this leaf ornament at Tuesday Morning. I didn’t know just how I would use it, but it was too pretty to pass up. Once I decided to embellish this pumpkin, I knew how to use the ornament. 
The twine of the ornament is wrapped around the stem. I added a dot of hot glue to make it stay in place.
I love easy, quick and inexpensive decor, don’t you? This season, I’m trying to keep my crafts budget friendly as well as easy.
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Suggested materials:
  • Faux Pumpkin   (Home Goods)
  • Decorative Tape   (JoAnns)
  • Stretch Cord   (JoAnns)
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Beverly Roderick at Across the Blvd
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