Felt Ruffle Pumpkin

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Felt Ruffle Pumpkin / A lovely autumn craft that is so simple to do. You will need orange felt, pins, some green wire, and a Styrofoam ball to make to make this felt pumpkin. It looks great on the mantel during the fall season!

I pinned a gorgeous felt pumpkin a while ago from Clean & Scentsible and wanted to re-create it at home as I just loved how it looked. So yesterday, I did, and ta-da…!

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

I just LOVE the way it turned out! It now sits proudly on my unit in the living room, and will probably stay up all year!

Whilst it looks like it would be tricky to make, it’s actually not that difficult, and I’m going to show you how I made my Felt Ruffle Pumpkin.

Here is what you’re going to need…

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

…the 4″ (10cm ish) ball, I felt was just the right size. I bought mine from a craft shop, along with sheets of orange felt which I cut down into 2″ circles. I got 20 circles from each sheet, and used 100 circles in all – you may use more or less depending on how you place the ruffles.

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

I decided to cover over a stick with green floristry wire because I wanted to create the tendrils that you find on pumpkins. You could use a real stick from outside if you wanted, or create one with green felt. Your pumpkin -your choice!

I sliced a small piece from the bottom of the ball so that it would stand upright, and then drilled the stick down into the polystyrene until it was in securely. I marked off how far down I would need to cover the stick with the wire, and started wrapping it around.

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~
~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

Once happy with the effect, I added some long lengths of wire which I then curled around a pen and pulled off to create a coil, and tweaked until happy with the way it looked.

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

With the circles already cut out, it was time to start ruffling them up and attach them to the polystyrene ball. To make the ruffles, fold the circle of felt in half, and then in half again, before pushing a pin all the way through in the bottom corner as shown.

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~
~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~
~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

Then push the pin into the polystyrene and ruffle up! You could push the pin on the other side to turn the ruffle in the other direction – just mix it up when applying to give a nice full look.

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

Keep folding and pinning until you’ve covered the whole ball…takes a few hours, and you might want to rest your fingers because I found it hurt to keep pushing pins through the folded felt! The result though is so worth it!

~Felt Ruffle Pumpkin {Crafty October} at The Purple Pumpkin Blog~

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