How to Make a Fall Pumpkin Floral Arrangement

One thing I have learned about floral design is that you can really use anything as a vessel to create an arrangement. And one of my favorites for the fall is a pumpkin. There are two types of pumpkin that you can use to make this: a foam pumpkin or a craft pumpkin.

A craft pumpkin is awesome for carving because it is a hollow inside. They are usually more expensive. For this pumpkin, you cut a small hole on top, insert a plastic cup/container, then add flowers.

A foam pumpkin is filled with foam. So when you cut off the top, all you have to do is stick the flower stems into the foam and they will stay in place.

For this pumpkin arrangement, I am using a foam pumpkin. Below you will find a video and a link to youtube to see how I made this:

https://youtube.com/shorts/PdDfUrcD6Ic?si=HPYAo6hpbeqLCRwV

For this flower arrangement, I used a variety of sunflowers, berries, boxwood, and autumn fillers. One of the most important things to do is to cover all of the foam inside. No white should be showing. Greenery like boxwood is usually short and wide so it covers it better then another greenery like long leaf eucalyptus.

You can grab all of these items at your local craft store. The pumpkin in this video is from Hobby Lobby!

Happy Fall Crafting Friends!!!

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