This year my autumn decor is sadly lacking. I just can’t seem to be bothered to do anything! We haven’t even got an autumn wreath or leaf garland. I have however now got a pumpkin vase, and it was so easy to do I thought I’d share this Autumnal Decor Pumpkin Vase Tutorial with you.
Last year Hols and I painted some pumpkins, which she LOVED. We painted them black and carved the Deathly Hallows symbol (quite shoddily) on the front. It was great, but carving out pumpkins isn’t really much fun. Holly starts out with good intentions but is bored after precisely 32 seconds of carving and scooping out the guts. This year I said I wanted to just paint them. It’s so much easier!
We set to work painting them, but she typically lost interest after we gave the pumpkins their first coat of paint and left me to finish off.
As Holly had decided she wasn’t involved in the pumpkins any more, I decided to make what I wanted out of them. I ordered some dahlias from my florist friend Liz (I would have used ones from the garden, had I not left them in the ground to die last winter). I foraged some bits from the garden and the lane, and came up with this!
It’s really easy to do. The first step is to carve the pumpkin. I cut a lid and scooped out all the guts. I put these on some tin foil and toasted them. I’ll leave them out for the squirrel when they’ve cooled down – we love our squirrel!
The next step is to grab a jar and fill it with water, then place it in the middle of the pumpkin.
Now it’s a case of arranging your sticks/twigs/offcuts/flowers in a way that you like! I used bracken, hawthorn, ivy flowers, dried allium heads, nigella seed heads, some fluffy weed (no idea what it’s called, but it’s lovely), some twisted willow and a couple of Cafe au Lait dahlias.
Remove all the leaves to the lower part of the stems, as they’ll likely rot in the water.
I’m really pleased with how the arrangement has turned out. I may even make some more!
If you end up making one, I’d love to see! Tag me in your pictures on Instagram @life_with_holly.
This is beautiful and seems so simple too!
Thank you! I loved doing it x
This is such a cute idea! I never thought about doing this before.
It’s so much easier than carving them (and I think it looks prettier too!) x
This is so cute! My neighbor did something like this and I love it!
Ah thank you! Your neighbour has style! 😊 X
omg how cute is this – make such a great center piece. I wish I had the time to create this!
Thank you so much! X
I love them! So pretty!
Thank you so much! X
Such a beautiful idea!! I can’t wait to do my own!
Thank you so much! I much prefer these kind of decorations to the plastic orange tat! X
This is so brilliant and easy to follow. I will be sure to forward this to my mom because my parents’ home is in need of some serious decorating.
Glad you found it easy to follow! Hope you manage to make one for your mom x
These are beautiful. I am so excited to try them for myself.
Thank you! They’re so easy to make x
I love how simple and elegant it looks!
Love how simple and elegant it is!
Very clever! I love it!
I’m def gonna try this!
Wow! Amazing, I like it a lot! It seems simply to realize and gives a warm atmosphere to the house 👏🏻
Beautiful! Never thought pumkings can make such a good decor.
Thank you! It’s nice to do something a bit different with them x
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