Wondering what to do with all those spare corks you have hanging around? Why not make a wine cork pumpkin to celebrate fall?
How to Make a Wine Cork Pumpkin
All you need is some paint, hot glue, felt and a little twine to recycle some old wine corks into a cute wine cork pumpkin to decorate your table. You only need about 30 minutes and a few supplies and the result is an adorable table decoration you can enjoy year after year.
Tools You’ll Need
- Paintbrush
- Hot glue gun
- Craft knife
- Scissors
Materials You’ll Need
- 25 recycled wine corks
- Orange acrylic paint
- Green felt
- Jute twine
Instructions
- Dilute the paint with a bit of water and paint both ends of all but one cork. Set aside to dry.
- Arrange the corks in rows (4 on the bottom, then 5, then 6, then 5 and 4 on the top row) and hot glue them together. For best results, try to match up the corks so they’re the same length in each row.
- Arrange the corks in rows (4 on the bottom, then 5, then 6, then 5 and 4 on the top row) and hot glue them together. For best results, try to match up the corks so they’re the same length in each row.
- Cut leaf shapes from the green felt and hot glue them on around the “stem.”
- Tie a short length of twine around the stem to resemble the vine.
I have just made some of your RC pumpkins. Does it matter if the paint is a little sloppy on the sides or how do I make it so it’s just a circle in the front and the back.? Like the way they turned out I haven’t made the leaves yet, but I plan to do that another day thank you
Hi Sandy,
Glad to hear you’re enjoying this fun little project! Since it’s a rustic look, it’s not crucial for the paint to be perfect, but one way to keep the paint from spilling over from the ends to the sides of the corks would be to wrap the cork with some blue painter’s tape. Just line it up to the very edge on both ends, paint, and peel it off! It should help keep things a little neater.