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Wood Block Pumpkin Craft Tutorial

Wooden Block Pumpkins

Michelle Ordever
Looking for a fun and easy fall DIY project? Try making this Wooden Pumpkin Craft using tumbling tower blocks!
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Active Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour

Materials

  • Wood Blocks - about the size of a Jenga/tumbling tower game block.
  • Wood Glue
  • Acrylic Paints - yellow orange, and brown. The colors we used were the brand Apple Barrel: Kings Gold, Harvest Orange, and Melted Chocolate.
  • Tacky Glue
  • Spanish Moss
  • Artificial Leaves - we used ones from some artificial sunflowers

TOOLS

Instructions
 

  • Using the wood glue and a small paint brush, apply glue to the entire front surface of one block.


    Step 1 - Applying Glue
  • Set two blocks on top of that block, each half on the block, and half overhanging.


    Step 2 - Block Placement
  • Apply glue to the sides and top of the two blocks that you just glued to the other block.


    Step 3 - Applying Glue
  • Set one block in the center of those two blocks, halfway up, on the glued portion. This will be the stem.


  • Set two more blocks on either side of that stem, flush with the top and bottom of the two blocks you glued in step 2, but overlapping the sides slightly.


    Step 5 - Block Placement
  • Apply glue to the inner sides of the two blocks you just glued and the bottom portion of the stem that sticks up from step 4.


    Step 6 - Apply Glue
  • Set two blocks centered between those three blocks.


    Step 7 - Block Placement
  • Apply glue to the middle of those two blocks.
  • Set one block, centered between those two blocks. You’ve made the pumpkin form. Stand upright to allow the glue to completely dry.


    Step 9 - Block Placement
  • Using Kings Gold or Harvest Orange paint, paint the entire pumpkin, except for the one block that sticks up.


    Step 10 - Applying Paint
  • Using Melted Chocolate paint, paint the stem.


  • Remove the leaves from the flower stems.
  • Cut each of the three leaves off of the main leaf bunch.


    Step 13 - Cut Leaves
  • Using the tacky glue and a small paintbrush, add a small amount of glue to the bottom of the back of the leaf.


    Step 14 - Apply Glue
  • Attach it behind the stem, slightly off to the side.


    Step 15 - Attach Leaf
  • Gather a small amount of moss, and bunch it together, then slip it over the stem. Display where desired!




    Step 16 - Add Moss
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