Hey there!  Welcome to Decorate and More with Tip!  It’s  time for another Pin Challenge!  This challenge is a lot of fun and gives us a chance to make something we see on our Pinterest feed. 

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The purpose of the Pinterest Challenge is to motivate us to not just pin, but to make it happen!  The pin I am sharing this month is a beaded pumpkin.  I am sure y’all have seen these pumpkins all over your social media pages.  I know I have seen them.  I had all the supplies on hand so I thought I would try to make one for myself.  The pin I am using for my inspiration is from DIYwithmyguy.com.  Click to see her pin post.  PIN INSPIRATION.  Here is my version of her beaded pumpkin.  I am sharing the tutorial with you as well.

I started out gathering all of my supplies.  Here are the items I am using:

• 88 – 16mm natural wooden beads
• 1 roll of jute wire 
• 1 wooden leaf
• 2 – 8mm red wooden beads
• twine
• wire snips and scissors
• hot glue gun with glue
• wire snips and scissors

           

 

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WOODEN BEADED PUMPKIN

Using the wired jute cord to make the pumpkin’s base.  

• cut 5 pieces at 22 inches

• glue the ends if needed.  I took little hot glue to secure the ends to the wire.  Wait until the glue cools a bit, using your fingers to twist the ends around the wire.

• taking 2 pieces of the 22 inch wire jute bend to find the center of both

• twisting to connect the two together

• taking the other two pieces and twisting to connect them to the center, as well

• making sure you twist the jute to form a line and not a knot

• thread the 11 beads onto each strip of jute cord

This is how it should look when all 88 beads are on.

• on each beaded strand there should be a 2 inch cord after the last bead 

• start bringing each beaded strand above in the center

• taking the 5th jute wire cord and wrap it around the 8 pieces of jute wire forming a stem

I am going to add a few DIY embellishments to my pumpkin.  This is where you can get creative.  

I am using one Dollar Tree wooden leaf.  I drilled a hole right below the stem and filled in the predrilled hole with spackle.  Let the spackle dry and sanded smooth.

 To hide the spackled hole I took  some craft paint and painted my leaf with a makeup sponge.

Making a curl leaf out of a piece of jute wire cord, wrapping it around a paint brush handle. 

Hot glued the curly stem to the back of the leaf.

I made a mini tassel to add to my pumpkin too.  Taking twine and wrapping it around three of my fingers 6 times.

Taking another piece of twine tying it to one end of the loop to form the head of the tassel.

Wrap it around about 5 times and tie it off, trim the long ends off.

Cut the longer loops 

Taking another piece of twine I threaded two red 8mm wooden beads.

Thread the twine through the knot of the tassel and tie it off.

Thread a piece of twine through the drilled hole of the leaf and the tassel and tie it to the stem of the pumpkin.

Shape your pumpkin to your liking, which is very easy since we used wire jute.  Isn’t it the cutest thing???

PIN FOR INSPIRATION AND SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!

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Stay strong and Blessed ♥

For more Pinterest inspired projects from this month’s Pinterest Challenge hosts, check out the links below ↓

My Pinterventures  •  Cookies Coffee and Crafts  
Farm Girl Reformed  •  Slices of Life
Decorate and More with Tip  •  Purple Hues and Me
Life Beyond Kitchen  •  Mom Home Guide
My Family Thyme  •  EyeLoveKnots  •  Our Good Life
Pretty DIY Home  •  Elle Marie Home  •  Create with Cynthia

Now, let’s see what the other hosts have created ⇓⇓