I left the bathroom and back at the Fall décor.  If you want to view all my Fall DIYs you can go here ⇒ 2019 FALL.  This evening I am joining in with a group of talented friends on Instagram doing a Pumpkin Mania Tour.  This is where we each share some inspirational pumpkin decorations.  Last year, if you remember I joined in one of the same type of tour.  I created the two paper mache pumpkins..  If you missed that DIY you can check that out here ⇒ The Great Pumpkin Challenge Tour.

This year I am making book pumpkins.  Here is my tutorial on how I made pumpkins out of books.

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Here are the items I am using to make my pumpkins.

• 3 books
• craft knife or box cutter or scissors
• orange paint
• braided purse handles
• wired jute rope
• raffia
• faux green maple leaves
• hot glue gun and glue sticks

Taking my book and my craft knife cutting the cover off the binder.  If you use soft back books you can just rip off the cover.

I made a little pumpkin pattern to trace onto my book.  I free-handed half a circle and cut it out.

I traced the pattern out on the book.

I started out using my craft knife but ended up using my scissors to cut the pages out.  I cut about 10 pages at a time.

Taking my Waverly Pumpkin craft paint I painted the edges of the pages.

Once that dried I pulled apart the pages.  The dried paint cause the pages to stick together.

I took my hot glue gun and added glue to the binder of the book.  Folded the binder of the book together and held it until the glue cooled.

Stood the pumpkin up and fanned out the pages.  Glue the first and last page of your book together to form a circle.

I wanted my pumpkin a deeper orange so I took the pumpkins outside and gave them a coat of orange spray paint.

Now it is time to decorate my pumpkins.

Taking the purse handles and cutting them in half and removing the wooden ring.

I hot glued the piece to the top of my pumpkin for the stem.

Taking the faux maple leaves and hot glued them to the pumpkins.

Taking the wire jute rope and curled it around a pen making a little curly twig.  I hot glued it to the top of the pumpkin.

The last step is taking some raffia, making a knot in the center of several strands I hot glued it to the pumpkin.

That’s it.  Now to style them.

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