These pumpkins are easy for anyone including kids to make. They are a useful item (hides toilet paper), and they pack away nicely at the end of the season.
For years now I have been making these tp pumpkins. I originally found the article in Disney’s Family Fun Magazine (I saved the article). I have made some moderations to mine…
You’ll need:
1 roll of toilet paper for each pumpkin you’re going to make.
Fabric of your choice
Something for the stem – the original project uses a paper bag, I upgraded to a stick.
Leaves & vine made of felt and pipe cleaner. I think I’ll eventually will upgrade mine to some fake leaves.
My fabric measures 17″x 22″. I just cut it, and I didn’t do anything to the ends. I have made these for over 15 years now, and I haven’t have had too much unraveling happen in that time.
Put your toilet paper in the center of the fabric.
Start by tucking in a corner.
Working your way around the toilet paper, keep stuffing in the fabric creating your desired look.
This is what mine looked like after tucking the fabric into the middle.
Add your stem. I used a stick/branch, but you can used a rolled up piece of brown paper bag as the original suggests.
Cut a leave shape out of the felt. Make a circle with the pipe cleaner to go around the stem. For the spiral – wrap the pipe cleaner around a pencil.
Hot glue the other half of the pipe cleaner to the front of the leaf.
Slide the leaf onto the stem and you’re done.
When the season is over, put the toilet paper away, fold up your fabric, and put it along with your sticks and leaves into storage. That’s it. Great project for kids parties, mom’s night out, party favors, etc. If you make one I’d love to see yours!
As seen on Hometalk Live – Did you miss it? I save all my Live videos to my Chas’ Crazy Creations Facebook page
Oh my goodness, this is so cute! And so easy even I could do it!!!
Thank you Elizabeth and thanks for stopping by.
What a cute way to do those extra rolls of TP.
Thank you Crystal 🙂
Very cute and I actually have that exact same fabric in my stash, purchased years and years ago! I’m going to have to dig it out and make some pumpkins 😀 Thank you for sharing at Designing You!
Thanks Trudy, I love that fabric and I’m so pleased that you want to give it a try.
I remember pulling this project out of the magazine years ago and making it also! It was a great project for when we lived in apartments and didn’t have space to store decorations off season. I totally forgot about it. I’m going to share this in my fall craft project round up later this week. Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
Oh, thank you so much for sharing it! I truly love this project for all the reasons you mentioned! Thanks for stopping by.
This is the cutest pumpkin and it looks so easy to make!
Thanks for sharing this at Cooking and Crafting with J&J.
We hope to see you again and enjoy the week.
Julie
Thank you Julie and thanks for having a place for all of us to share ideas.
These are so cute!! 🙂
I would love for you to share this with my Facebook Group for recipes, crafts, tips, and tricks: https://www.facebook.com/groups/pluckyrecipescraftstips/
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
Thank you Jess and thanks for the invite 🙂
These really are just too cute! Your tutorial is very easy to follow. Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday. Can’t wait to see what you are creating next!
Thank you Shirley, looking forward to joining again 🙂
Love these fun pumpkins! They look really easy to make, but so cute! Sharing on the Hearth and Soul Facebook page. Thank you so much for being a part of the Hearth and Soul Link Party. Hope to ‘see’ you again this week!
Thank you April, and thank you for the feature! I truly appreciate you hosting a wonderful place for all of us to share our ideas.