INSIDE : Learn how to make a gorgeous cream colored Floral Felt Pumpkin for this Halloween season. Display it as Fall home decor on your table, mantel or even at your front door.
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Sometimes I get so tired of the same colors used for every holiday and season. So, this year I am going with cream, blue, green and gold for the fall. It certainly is not the typical or traditional color palette most people use, but it makes me happy so I’m going with it. Today I am sharing how to create this lovely Felt floral Pumpkin.
In keeping with my non traditional colors this fall, I wanted a non traditional looking pumpkin, too. I got the crazy idea of making a Felt floral Pumpkin. I felt like I had seen about every pumpkin out there but not many felt flowered ones. And let me tell you, after I completed this pumpkin, I realized why there weren’t many like it out there… it takes a long long time to make, ha!
What supplies do I need to make a Floral Felt Pumpkin?
LOTS of cream felt ( I used about 12 sheets)
Sewing scissors
LOTS OF HOT GLUE
faux pumpkin
I went to my local craft store and bought eight sheets of cream, four sheets of gray and four sheets of white felt. Also a lovely faux pumpkin. I already had scissors and a hot glue gun on hand.
How to make a Floral Felt Pumpkin?
I started by making felt flowers. Some I actually followed patterns from tutorials on Pinterest but others I simply cut petal shapes and hot glued them together in fun ways.
Once I had a few felt flowers made, I started at the top of the pumpkin and slowly, slowly, slowly worked my way down.
Even after adding just a few rows of the felt flowers to the pumpkin, I thought it looked so stunning. And slowly, I began making progress.
I would do a few rows each evening… this was a great activity while you are watching Netflix!
Ready to check out some of my other fun pumpkins from over the years?
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Some other great colors that are fall would be Burgandy, royal purple, mixed with the cream, orange like a rust.
I love the color and different textures of each flower. Just beautiful. Do you show on your blog how you made the different flowers? I would love to see how they are made.Alaina
Super cute and elegant, Amy! LOVE IT!!!
I was so excited to see that you linked up your beautiful pumpkin with us! I’ll be featuring it at tonight’s party! I hope you can join us again tonight. Our new theme is burlap 🙂
XO,
Christy
This is stunning! Would be great for a wedding or other “formal” event. Thanks for sharing~Jennifer
This pumpkin is so elegant and classy! It would be so pretty at a wedding, or on a formal table for Thanksgiving!
thank you for linking up @ Craft, Create & Inspire last weekend !!! your awesome project is featured this week !!!! I would love for you to stop by and share with us your projects this week…
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Claire x
This is gorgeous and well thought out! Thank you for sharing this!
This is so pretty. I actually saw a tiny thumbnail at a link party and thought it was a fall inspired bridal bouquet! Definitely the prettiest pumpkins I’ve seen 🙂 I’d love if you’d consider linking up – http://www.dreamalittlebigger.com/post/link-party-9.html
Found you are the Lemon Paper Designs link party. Amazing. You made those flowers? best pumpkins I’ve seen this season!!!
Marni:
You made my day with that sweet comment! Yes, one slow flower at a time, I made them all.
Amy
I love this pumpkin! You would hate my front porch and mantle! Haha! I love the traditional but I think I will have to try one of these to have out for all year long.
I love this pumpkin! You would hate my front porch and mantle! Haha! I love the traditional but I think I will have to try one of these to have out for all year long.
Simply chic and beautiful! I;m visiting from Domestic Superhero linky. I love your pumpkin and I put a pumpkin decor on top of a white cake stand and it looked great! It might be fun to try that 😉
cheers!
Ursula
blogger at kraft&mint {modern crafts}
Super cute–I love how there’s so many different kids of flowers in it!
Hi and congrats on the feature. I do think that this is the first felted pumpkin that I have seen and I love it! You did a great job. I saw it on lamberts lately.
Julie @ julieslifestyle.blogspot.com
This is stunning! It’s getting really hard to find original ideas these days, but I’ve never seen anything like this. You’ve got the prettiest pumpkin in the blogosphere!
XO,
Christy
Thanks so much, Christy! That’s quite a compliment! Thanks for stopping by.
Congratulations…this post has been featured on Create It Thursday #23! Thanks for sharing such a great idea last week!
That is so gorgeous! I agree about the fall colors thing… I was dragging my feet decorating my mantel because I felt so uninspired! Next year I’m taking a page from your book!
Thanks so much. It’s fun to mix it up every now and again with new colors!
This is darling! I love all the different flowers you used!
Very different and pretty! My house is all color and things like this make me long for an all white room with something like your pretty pumpkin in it! Visiting from Inspiration Monday!
I always dream of a bedroom in all white, but I’m with you… too much of a color girl. Fun to dream, though!
Thanks for stopping by.
Amy
This is absolutely stunning! I love this craft, and it could be applied in so many different ways… Thanks so much for sharing… I’m visiting from the Monday Funday linky party… So glad to have found you!
Thank you, Andrea! It took some time, but was fun and simple to do. Thank you for stopping by.
Amy
This is beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration. I found you on the Inspiration Monday link party.
Rachelle S.
http://www.stitchesbyrachelle.blogspot.com
How fun and pretty is that?! Thanks for leaving me the link 🙂
You’re welcome and THANK YOU for checking it out!
This is absolutely stunning. I am a huge fan of vintage white fall decorations, and this is perfect for that! This would be great to link-up to Create It Thursday #22…it’s live now! Hope to see you there!
This turned out so great!
Love love this idea!!!
It’s lovely! Wow! And I like it on the mantle. = )
Congrats! You were featured on Friday’s Five Features over on DIY Vintage Chic. Stop by and grab yourself a button!
Thanks so much, Becca!
Hi Amy! I LOVE your pumpkin! It is gorgeous! I wonder if you could show us how you made the flowers? I love the looped looking ones! Thanks for sharing! Blessings from Bama!
Felecia:
Thanks for the pumpkin lovin’! I’ll be doing a future post showing how to make all those felt flowers. Be sure to check back soon.
Amy
I really can not say enough about this project. It is simply beautiful. Your time and labor really paid off with this one. 🙂
Thanks for linking up to Gingerly Made’s Show & Tell party. YOU have been featured! http://www.gingerlymade.com/2013/09/show-tell-features_24.html
Thanks, Ginger! It definitely took some time, but I love it so much… seems worth it now!
And thank you for featuring me on your blog, too!
Amy
I love how your pumpkin turned out. I also like it paired with those gold striped candles!! Thanks for linking up to Tell Me Tuesday. I will be featuring you this week.
Thank you so much, Tori, for featuring my pumpkin on your site!
Amy
What a lovely pumpkin and fun fall project! I love all the different little felt flowers you made to decorate it, it looks beautiful!! I love making things out of felt, and love what you did!!! Thanks for the inspiration! 🙂
Thank you, Maria. I started getting a little blurry eyed near the end of those flowers, but it was all the worth the final product!
Amy
This is absolutely gorgeous! Love it! Thanks for stopping by at my little place:-) Xoxo
I love this! You inspired me to get out the felt and make some felt flowers! You’ve been featured this week at Sewlicious Home Decor!
Thank you for linking up. 🙂
http://sewlicioushomedecor.com/saturday-show-licious-craft-showcase-51/
Marti
Thank you for the feature on your site, Marti!
Amy
Adorable!!
Jenna
Wow, that took a ton of work! But the result is a stunning creation that you can enjoy for years to come 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Cindy @ Diy beautify
Yes, Cindy… it was a ton of work, but well worth the effort. Thanks for stopping by!
Wow! How pretty!
Absolutely gorgeous – pinned!
Thank you so much, Keri.
It’s adorable! I love how you used all different shapes of flowers! Too cute! I’d love for you to link up at my craft party…it’s going all week! I’d love to feature it in our newsletter and FB!
Just follow this link….http://sewlicioushomedecor.com/show-licious-craft-showcase-50-facebook-follow/
Marti
Thanks so much, Marti! I just linked up on your party, thanks for the invitation!
Amy
Very creative!
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I think I’m in love. I’d leave that felted pumpkin all year long as decoration. I love the variations of the flowers and how they mesh together so nicely. Stopping by from Sugar Bee Crafts.
Aw, thanks so much Angela!
Amy
This is absolutely beautiful, Amy! You’re so creative that I want to follow you! I’m no traditionalist either! I love making seasonal items in all shades of purple if I can.
Gail:
Thank you. Oh, shades of purple sound lovely! Go non.traditionalists, ha!
Amy
This is lovely! And I love your color choices. My fall mantle is also in untraditional colors, and I love how fresh it feels. Lots of aqua. 🙂 I also really like the different textures you added to your pumpkin with the felt. It’s fabulous!
Lisa:
I’m crazy for aqua, too! My entire downstairs is a mix of aqua, soft orange and blue. Thanks for the pumpkin love!
Amy
Gorgeous!! I love the simple cream color of all the different flowers. We’ll be featuring this over at Someday Crafts tomorrow! 🙂
Thanks so much, Miranda! Can’t wait to check out your blog tomorrow.
Amy
SHUT UP!!!! I can totally see you making money with this blog in a few months.
You are a gold mine of creativity! Awesome job!
I’m going to go hide my mums from you!
Haha! Thanks, Lena. I’m getting some pretty good results so far, but still keeping my fingers crossed!
No mum hiding… you can still win me over with my plant nerd lovin’. =)
Amy
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Ok, that is just lovely and so unique!
Thanks, Jill!
Amy
Oh my goodness! This turned out FANTASTIC! I’m in love!
Thanks, Kylie! I’m in love, too… wish I could whip up a quick hundred and put them everywhere!
Amy
This is BEAUTIFUL! I love the idea of non-traditional colors for the season. I think it makes it feel fresh and help you enjoy the season. So if those colors are calling your name, go with them! Totally pinning this 🙂
Thanks, Deme. It was a labor of love, making this pumpkin… but so worth it once I had completed it!
Amy
I LOVE IT! White is hands down my favorite color to decorate with. Last year I did a white/navy/lavender Christmas theme (sounds old lady, but it rocked) and I loved it. Your pumpkin is AMAZING! I am seriously swooning! xoxo
April:
Thanks so much. I think white might be my new decor color of choice after this project! And I could imagine a white, navy, lavender tree being stunning!
Amy