Pumpkins

Happy Wednesday everyone. 

I have been looking around blog land for fall decorating inspiration that doesn't involve the color orange.  I do have some orange, but it is not my favorite color.  I came across a pumpkin that was made from a roll of toilet paper and scrap material. Since I had all of the supplies that I needed on hand, I gave it a try. 

I used :

1 roll of toilet paper.
scrap material
hot glue gun
scissors
a cork from a wine bottle.

First, I cut the toilet paper in half & removed the paper center.  Then I got some scrap material and cut it in to long strips. I used the liner of an old basket that I had. The color is off white. 

Next, I started wrapping the scraps around one of the pumpkin sections. I used hot glue on the end of each piece of scrap to hold it in place. I did that until the toilet paper was covered on both pieces.

I used the hot glue again to secure the wine cork in the center of each pumpkin.  This was a quick, easy, and fun project.


The only thing that I would change is the height of the wine corks. (pumpkin stems). There are so many different kinds of wine corks. These were the only ones that I could find that were big enough around. I am going to keep looking for taller stems but since I do not drink, It makes it a bit harder to find.  I might decide to use a piece of drift wood if I can find two pieces that look right.  Over all, I think they are a cute addition to my fall decor.

Enjoy Your Day!
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A Dolphin Birthday Continued

Happy Friday everyone!  I just love Fridays. There is just something great about knowing that I don't have to wake up before the rooster does on Saturday that makes me in a good mood on Fridays.   

I am still working on games for my darling daughter's 9th birthday party. I found a cute bean bag toss on the net that had fish on it.  It didn't take me long to come up with a DIY dolphin version.  


First I got a big card board box from work and cut out the part that I needed.

 Next, I covered it with a dolphin table cloth from the Dollar Tree.  I traced circles on the table cloth with a jar.  I took off the table cloth to cut out the holes and then put it back on the box.

I traced through the holes in the table cloth to the box so that I would know where to cut the box. I took off the table cloth again and cut the holes in the box. Sorry, some of the circles are hard to see in the picture. 

 I put the table cloth back on the box and lined up the holes. I used tape to hold the table cloth to the box. This is a view from the back.

Instead of bean bags, I used soft cloth balls that I also got from the Dollar Tree.  Here is the finished product. 

I got two sets of balls so that I would have four balls total.

The cost of this project was a budget friendly $3.00. 

I just LOVE to save money!

Dollar Tree Pumpkin Goes Coastal

I have been looking all over for white or coastal looking pumpkins. Every thing that I find is so expensive and  not within my budget.  As I was strolling through Dollar Tree last week, I found it! Pumpkins within my budget but not the right color. These pumpkins were made from foam on the inside and smooth on the outside.  I bought 4 and went straight home to get started.  Here is a picture of what they looked like with painters tape on the stems.

Next, I put a garbage bag down on the floor and spray painted them white.  It took several coats. I let them dry over night.

 Then I took some blue paint that I had in the shed and made stripes on the pumpkin grooves.  The last step was to take a dry brush and lightly go over the rest of the pumpkin with the blue paint. Again I wanted that coastal look. 

Here is one in it's new home.

 

 

 

These little cuties are just what I was looking for and had the just right price of $1.00 each. 



Thanks for reading my post!! 

Have a great day everyone :)