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Thread Ball Pumpkins Craft Tutorial

Upcycled Thread Ball Pumpkin Craft

Michelle Ordever
Thread Ball Pumpkins Craft offers a unique thread balls DIY experience. Upcycle cotton thread balls into festive pumpkins for a charming look.
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Materials

  • 2 cotton crochet thread balls
  • Craft paint in the colors Bright Orange and Burnt Orange
  • Olive green felt scraps
  • 2 3-oz plastic spray bottles
  • Green reindeer moss
  • 2 Champagne Corks
  • Brown wired twine
  • Pumpkin leaf pattern

Instructions
 

  • Squeeze 1 ounce of bright orange paint into a 3-ounce spray bottle. Add 2 ounces of water to the bottle, replace the cap, and shake well to combine. Repeat with the burnt orange paint and a second spray bottle.
  • Remove any labels from the thread balls. In a well-ventilated area or outside, spray the outside of the thread balls with bright orange and burnt orange paint. Set aside to dry. Apply a second coat if required. TIP! Mix the colors slightly by lightly spraying one color on the other.
  • Measure and cut two 12"/30cm lengths of wired twine with wire cutters. Wrap around a pencil, and then slide off to create a vine. Stretch and bend the wire to create pumpkin vines.
  • Download, print, and cut the leaf pattern. Trace onto felt with a marker. Cut out the leaves with scissors, cutting inside the traced lines for a clean finished project. To create dimension, apply a dot of glue at the base of the leaf and fold it in half.
  • Attach a champagne cork to the hole at the top of the thread ball with a glue gun and glue sticks. Hold the cork in place until the glue dries completely.
  • Fill in the rest of the hole with small amounts of moss. Glue the wired twine vine and the leaf to the back of the cork stem. When dry, display where desired.

    Thread Ball Pumpkins Craft Tutorial
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