16 | October | 2015 | I Crashed The Web

I know I don’t typically share crafts on this blog. Or home decorating ideas. Why? I’m not a craft person. I don’t really decorate my apartment. I don’t get too much pleasure out of either of those things. I’m much more into baking, reading and running for fun. But this is the craft that we did when I hosted the Ladies Craft Beer Society and it was a success. And easy!

Got a lot of extra wine corks hanging around? Looking for something easy to do to decorate for fall and Halloween? I have just the idea for you – you can make a wine cork pumpkin!

This is a VERY EASY – and I repeat … easy – craft. Even the not-so-crafting-inclined (like moi) can feel good about this!

diy wine cork pumpkins

Here’s what you need:

Some wine corks. To make a medium pumpkin (the two on the left in the picture above), you’ll need 25 corks.
Something to make your leaves. You can buy fake leaves at a craft store, or green felt or green scrapbook paper.
Orange acrylic paint. I bought one that was called “pure pumpkin.”
Paint sponge
Hot glue
Twine or raffia
Scissors

Here’s what you do:

Find 24 wine corks about the same height and width. I liked lining mine up ahead of time and making sure they looked okay before gluing them together.
Glue the corks together! I found it easiest to first use the hot glue to glue the corks in rows. Glue rows of 4, 5, 6, 5, 4. And then glue your rows together. You should have a nice hexagon.
Once glued together, you can put the leaves on top. I cut leaves out of scrapbook paper. One of my friends used felt.
Cut the last cork in half to make the stem. Use the hot glue to glue it on top of the leaves.
Tie the twine or raffia around the cork stem. Tie loosely a few times around or in a bow – whichever style you prefer.
Paint your corks! I do this last because it takes a while to dry. You could also paint the corks first, but then you have to wait for them to dry. I poured some orange paint out (fittingly named Pure Pumpkin) on some cardboard and dipped a spongy paint brush in and then painted the corks that were facing out.

And that’s it! I told you it was easy. Feel free to play around with different size pumpkins – bigger or smaller. Also, feel free to paint only some of the corks, or leave them natural or even wine stained for a more rustic look.