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Simple Pumpkin Topiary

For the last few years I have always made a pumpkin topiary or two for my porch because I love how they looked all stacked up.

This picture below is the first topiary I made back when we lived in Texas…I cut off the stems of the bottom 2 pumpkins and stacked them up adding a little hot glue to stabilize them. I then added leaves in between with a little more hot glue.

This year my hubby made our topiaries…he simply cut off the stems of the bottom two and stacked them..NO glueing for him…they are pretty solid and don’t seem to rock and roll. The urns are plastic ones from Lowes spray painted black….and we stuck a grapevine wreath intertwined with a small leaf garland around the edge of the urn..NO glueing at all.

Here is our porch all ready for fall.

Here are some fun ideas for pumpkin topiaries that I think you will love..These are from Better homes and gardens...I would love to make some of these one day.

I love the ideas of adding a dowel to raise up a small pumpkin

Love the addition of the striped nose and arms and it looks like a tutu

This one wins the prize for me!! Wow there must be some serious dowels connecting all of these pumpkins together. I did try using kabob sticks one year but the pumpkins deteriorated rather quickly so now we don’t poke the pumpkins at all…we just stack-em!

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Welcome to Karins Kottage! There is always something fun going on! You would think after becoming an empty nester couple that our nest would be very quiet and empty but our Kottage nest is usually more full than what we started out with! You might find me hosting a birthday party or graduation party and a baby shower on the same weekend or a big outdoor get together with 25 of our friends and family in the backyard or maybe I might be in the kitchen trying out a new recipe for my hubby and I to grill on the BBQ for a quiet night for the two of us. I am passionate about entertaining and setting a beautiful table! I may or may not have an addiction to cloth napkins and fun salad plates oh and goblets too! I think I will always have a home decorating DIY project in the works as long as my hubby is on board with me haha. We have painted A LOT in the 6 homes we have owned in the 35 years that we have been married as well as re-done multiple pieces of furniture, added wall and ceiling treatments, replaced lights, bathroom fixtures and even tiled floors! I have sewn what seems like a million window treatments for our home as well as for family, made slipcovers, and duvets and even a formal dress or two!

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Velia Tudon says:

September 8, 2020 at 2:06 pm

I saw that topiary idea before. So I decided to try. Got my planter, Gorgilla glue but it doesn’t seem to work. These are not real pumpkins I have so how do I attach. How do I cut that stem.

Velia
- Karins Kottage says:
  
  September 8, 2020 at 3:01 pm
  
  HI Velia,
  I haven't tried making one with faux pumpkins... The weight of real pumpkins helps to hold them together. I would think that using faux pumpkins could still work. I would use a small hack saw to cut off the stems. Then use hot glue or gorilla glue to glue them together. The bottom pumpkin needs to be fairly big so as to sit atop of the urn or planter. If it is too small it will sit down too far in the planter. You could put rocks in the planter and then the pumpkin to allow it to sit up higher in the planter or urn. I hope this helps. Thanks for your comment
  Karin
Cynthia says:

October 4, 2013 at 4:50 pm

What a great pumpkin topiary and I really like the wreath on the front door.

Cynthia
Liz@ Infuse With Liz says:

October 4, 2013 at 4:21 pm

Your pumpkin stack looks great. I've never tried it although I have bought the more flat ones that would work. I wondered about poking them because it seems like they would spoil quicker. Glad you mentioned it. Those other ones from BH&G are great!
So much creativity!
Phyllis @Around the House says:

October 3, 2013 at 5:41 pm

I love all the pumpkin pictures and the porch pictures, they are all so ready for the season, I love them all so much.Phyllis
Linda Primmer says:

October 3, 2013 at 4:45 pm

Love it! Pumpkin topiaries are awesome. I just did a post on the ones my hubby and I made.