Make a Large Burlap Pumpkin for Fall

I'm reposting this story about the time I headed to a table of free items advertised on my my local Facebook page and noticed a large piece of aluminum duct work in the road.

I did what anyone with an eye for junk projects did and I threw it in my car. 

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I couldn't wait to get home and create my latest decoration for fall! 

You are ready for fall aren't you? 

My favorite part of fall decor is making pumpkins out of anything I can find! 

I made something similar in the past but this was metal tube was larger than the dryer ductwork I've used for pumpkins in the past. 

A few years ago I created a smaller pumpkin using a piece of duct hose that was leftover from my dryer installation. 

You can also find the smaller kind very inexpensively at Home Depot and 8 feet of it will make several pumpkins. 

This piece was not only longer than the traditional dryer hose but it was wider too. 

I think it was about 6"-8" wide.

The first thing I did was to stretch it out as far as it would go. 

The hose was expandable and it stretched across my basement for about 10 feet. 

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Stenciling a cement floor is a great way to jazz it up or hide a bad paint job. 

When the tube was completely stretched, I cut the duct work in half. 

The aluminum hose was easy to cut with regular scissors.

I turned one of the pieces around in a circle and attached it together with aluminum flex tape that is specifically made for duct work. 

I just happened to have some but you could also use regular duct tape or masking tape to hold it together. 

The plan is to wrap this in burlap so the color of the tape won't matter. 

I am using a chevron printed roll of burlap and hot glue. 

I glued one end of my burlap roll to the center of the circle then wrapped the burlap around the ductwork. 

I kept wrapping until I went all the way around the tube then hot glued the other end in the center. 

It's cute already!

And did I mention large!!

Now I needed some kind of a pumpkin stem so I cut a 5" piece off of an old table leg that I had in my workshop. 

I mixed up a greenish "stem colored" paint from what I had in my supplies and gave it a quick coat. 

Next, it was time for the leaf. 

I cut a leaf shape out of burlap and painted it green, this gave the burlap some stiffness too.

 

I painted Mod Podge on a length of thick jute twine to give it structure and stiffness then tied it around the stem. 

I twisted the stiffened jute while it was still damp into a tendril shape. 

I attached the tendril to the pumpkin with hot glue in several places and let it dry completely. 

Lastly, I glued the edge of the leaf to the stem and used hot glue to attach it all to the center of the pumpkin. 

This very large pumpkin is light as a feather and looks perfect for Fall. 

This adorable pumpkin can be made with any color or design of rolled burlap, this roll was about 4" wide, it comes in all sizes. 

Don't miss the cinnamon antiqued pumpkins I made recently for my mantel while you're here. 

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I had so much fun making this easy project and there's another piece of ductwork leftover to make another pumpkin! 

Maybe wrap it with strips of flannel or fabric? 

I can't wait to try it again! 

What do you think? Leave me a comment below!