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Wine Cork Pumpkin // Make Your Own with This Easy Tutorial

Happy Fall Y’all!  I have a fun wine cork pumpkin project to share with you today.  It turned out even cuter than I imagined.  Gather up your supplies and let’s get started!

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Steps for making your wine cork pumpkin:

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MATERIALS

  • Old wine corks (alternatively, you could just purchase craft wine corks. But, what’s the fun in that;-) – for reference I used 37 total corks
  • craft paint and small paint brush or kids watercolor paints (I used some of my kids left overs from school and they worked great!)
  • Hot glue gun and glue sticks
  • Autumn floral stems of choice
  • Floral wire cutter

1). Gather your supplies

Wine corks.

If you haven’t saved any over time, have a party and ask all of your guests to bring a bottle of wine or two!  Afterward, you’ll be set. OR, just buy a bag of wine corks in the craft section;-).

I’ve also provided an Amazon link for wine corks should you wish to order some.

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Hot glue gun.

Mine is from Walmart, but I attached a link to one on Amazon that gets good reviews.

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Watercolor paint.

I was actually planning on using some acrylic craft paint, but I couldn’t find any orange at my house.  I came across these watercolor paints and they worked great.  If you have young children, chances are good you have this exact same palette somewhere!

The colors worked perfectly for this project.

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Cup of water

(If using watercolor paints)

Autumn Floral Stems of choice for top of pumpkin

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Floral Wire Cutters

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2). Paint your wine corks

This was so easy!  If you have corks from a red wine, they will already have a beautiful red/purple color.   Try to ensure both sides of the cork are a similar color so the pumpkin looks great from any angle.  I left some plain, others I painted red, purple, and of course, plenty were painted orange.

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3.  Glue wine corks in shape of pumpkin

I hot glued a row of four corks on the bottom.  I held them in place for a few seconds to allow the glue to set and they were good to go.  The next row had five corks, then six corks, with the middle row containing seven corks.  Then, six corks, five corks, and four corks.  On the top, I glued a plain cork in the middle of the row for the stem.

So easy!

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I tried to keep the end of the cork that had a corkscrew hole facing the same direction.  Probably not necessary, but this project was so simple, I had to find a way to complicate it a little bit!

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4.  Use wire cutters to trim the autumn florals, then hot glue to decorate the stem:winecork pumpkin DIY, Fall craft, Watercolor paint craft

5. Step back and admire your pretty wine cork pumpkin!

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Comments

  1. Jenifer Muir says

    So cute! Ava and I will have to give it a try!
    Thanks

    • [email protected] says

      Thanks, Jenifer! Maybe we just need a girls’ project night! 😊

      • Jenifer Muir says

        Yes! I would LOVE THAT!!

  2. Tiffany says

    Oh my goodness, it’s adorable! And I love the sign you’ve included with it, perfect touch! Thanks for sharing!

    • [email protected] says

      Thank you, Tiffany! I appreciate the sweet words. Have a great day!

  3. Meg says

    I love how simple this craft is. Cute!

  4. Vicki @ Babies to Bookworms says

    That is so cute! I’m always collecting wine corks for projects and this looks right up my alley!

    • [email protected] says

      Thank you! I was glad to find a use for my wine cork collection…I guess I’ll have to start over again;-)

  5. jehava says

    This is so creative and cute! Love it!

  6. Stephanie says

    Love this! Great reason to drink some wine too 😉

    • [email protected] says

      Thank you! It is all for a good DIY;-)

  7. Stephanie says

    Looks great. LOVE the printable, thanks for making that available.

  8. Clair says

    What a cute idea!! I cannot wait to make one of these pumpkins…need to get some wine 😉

    • [email protected] says

      Thanks, Clair! They are darling, if I do say so myself. Have fun!

  9. Sara M. @ The Sanity Plan says

    Really cute idea! I always wonder what to do with all of those corks we all seem to collect 🙂

  10. Amanda says

    I’m pinning this and I’ll start saving my corks to make this next fall! Love your cute printable fall sign too!

    • [email protected] says

      Thank you, Amanda! This made me smile😊

  11. Tasia B says

    I can’t get over how cute this is! What a great idea!

    • [email protected] says

      Thanks, Tasia! Have a friend over and make some! 😉

  12. Anne | onedeterminedlife says

    What a cute and fun craft to make

  13. Sara @ A Mom and her Momtourage says

    This is super cute, and lord knows as a wine lovin mom I have plenty of corks laying around the house just dying to be crafted into something cute and crafty!!!

  14. Joline says

    This is such a cute project! And yay for another reason to drink more wine lol.

  15. Kate | The Organized Dream says

    I love this! It’s so fun and festive as well as your printable!

  16. Corey | The Nostalgia Diaries says

    This pretty much just means I need to start drinking more wine so I can create this! 🙂

    • [email protected] says

      Thanks, Corey! There is no better time than the present!

  17. Brittany Poulson says

    This is such a cute idea! So festive and will work great all fall long!

  18. Jen says

    Could this get any cuter!

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