Elevated Fabric Toilet Paper Pumpkins

Have you ever seen the toilet paper pumpkin craft that has been circulating around the internet for the past few years? I’s always thought the idea was brilliant but I always thought the design was a little clunky and you could spot right away that the pumpkins were really toilet paper rolls.

16 Fall DIY Craft Ideas

I so THRILLED to join in the start of Krista’s @HappyHappyHousie’s #SeasonalSimplicity fall event! This week we are sharing DIY Fall Crafts. Be sure to scroll down and see all the festive fall ideas!!

FOUR Different Toilet Paper Pumpkin Shapes

I came across XX’s toilet apper roll tutorial and I loved that you couldn’t tell the shape of the pumpkins looked like toilet paper rolls! She uses scarves to wrap her toilet paper rolls but I decided to use a couple of old towels. I also came up with another shape and I will tell you how I created that!

A Free Fall Craft

The best part of this fall craft is it is FREE! So grab your toilet paper rolls, some leftover fabric, some twigs and join me in making this craft.

5-Minute Toilet Paper Pumpkins

This craft seriously takes less than 5 minutes to make! I had leftover fabric from making new fall pillows and I decided to use the scraps to make these adorable pumpkins. I love how they coordinate with my new pillows I made last night! Have you ever made pillow covers? Pillow covers are my favorite way to decorate for new holidays and seasons. I have a 10-minute Pillow Cover Tutorial if you want to make some too!

Fabric Toilet Paper Pumpkin Supplies

This craft is so easy! Here are the supplies to make it:

• Toilet paper rolls
• Fabric — 2 strips of fabric 4 inches wide by 1.5 yards long for the regular size toilet paper pumpkin.
• Twigs for the stem
• Ribbon

How to Make Elevated Fabric Toilet Paper Pumpkins

Decide What Shape You Want Your Pumpkin to be

1. Regular Toilet Paper Pumpkin

• Take an old Towel and Cut it to the width of the toilet paper roll.

• Wrap the paper towel with the towel. I used extra-wide toilet paper rolls for mine so I wrapped the roll about three times. But if you are using a regular size toilet paper roll you might beed to wrap the toilet paper roll with twice as much towels.

• Wrap the strips around the roll.

• Layer the strips on top of each other until the whole roll is wrapped.

• Tuck the unfinished fabric edge under so no fabric frays are visible.

• You can use a pair of scissors to push the strips up through the toilet paper hole to the top.

• If you have leftover fabric, tuck it into the hole.

• Add a stick for the pumpkin stem

• Tie ribbon around the stick.

• I also used tassels from my new Pebbles Inc. Peaceful Heart line. Aren’t they pretty??

2. Wider Toilet Paper Pumpkin

To make a wide toilet paper roll, add more towel strips around the toilet paper roll. until it is the thickness you want it to be.

Then follow the regular instructions, wrapping fabric strips around the toilet paper roll.

3. Gourd-Shaped Pumpkin

To make a gourd-shaped pumpkin, stack TWO toilet paper rolls and wrap them in towels the same width as the roll.

Then cut a strip of towels that is half the width and wrap those in the middle of the toilet paper roll.

This creates a gourd shape. Wrap the pumpkin with the instructions above.

4. Smaller Toilet Paper Pumpkin

I created a pumpkin topiary with three different size pumpkins. For the bottom pumpkin I created a really wide pumpkin using the instructions above. The second pumpkin was created with the regular pumpkin instructions. For the top I wanted a smaller pumpkin. I took a half-used toilet paper roll. Then I cut it in half and wrapped that small toilet paper roll with fabric and it is so small and cute!

Stack Pumpkins to Create a Topiary

You can make three different sized pumpkins and stack them on top of each other with one stem at the top. This would be so cute on a shelf or on a fireplace mantel or hearth!

More Fall DIY Ideas

This week I’m joining some of my talented blogging friends for the Fall Seasonal Simplicity Series. Today we are sharing our Fall DIY and Craft ideas with you! Be sure to check out all of the beautiful inspiration by visiting the links under the images below.

DIY Textured Vase at The Happy Housie

DIY Fall Frame Wreath at Confessions of a Serial DIYer

Dried Floral Cloche at Deeply Southern Home

Fall Wreath How-to at Hallstrom Home

Fall Dried Flower Arrangement at Modern Glam

Elevated Toilet Paper Pumpkins Free Craft at Tatertots and Jello

DIY Inexpensive Fall Wreath at The Happy Happy Nester

How to Make a Fall Wreath at A Pretty Life

Air Dry Clay Leaf Twinkle Lights at Clean & Scentsible

Embroidery Insects at Life is a Party

Dried Florals for Fall at Lemon Thistle

DIY Feather Wreath at Dans le Lakehouse

DIY Fall Wreath Tutorial at She Gave it a Go

How to Make a Succulent Table Runner at My Sweet Savannah

DIY Fall Harvest Nut Wreath at Sincerely, Marie Designs

DIY Fall Cutting Board with a Cricut at The DIY Mommy

More DIY Pumpkin Ideas

I LOVE creating new pumpkins! Here are a few different pumpkins you can make to decorate for fall!

Fall Sweater Pumpkins

Turn old sweaters into the cutest pumpkins!

Gold Glitter Grout Pumpkins

Add grout for a concrete and glitter pumpkin!

Pumpkin Plaid Ruffle Wreath

This is one of my favorite wreaths! I think I am going to recreate it this year!

What projects are YOU making for Fall?
Share them with us in the comments!!

xoxo

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Who says pumpkins have to be orange? I have loved seeing the fabric pumpkins floating around blogland right now. I wanted to make some fabric pumpkins and add some ruffles. Everything looks better with ruffles, right? LOL.

Fabric — I used Canvas for two pumpkins, and patterned fabric for the others
Rotary Cutter (or scissors)
Self Healing Mat
Ruler
Glue Gun
Elastic (for thicker material)
Sewing Machine
Pins
Polyfill Stuffing
Needle and Thread

• I cut out my material. (I used a rotary cutter and ruler).  The general guideline I followed was the length of my pumpkin was twice as long as the width. But I experimented and made them all sorts of sizes. You need two pieces of material, one for the front, one for the back. Turn the material so the outside material faces inside and pin shut.
•  Sew the material on both of the side seams.

 

• Then you need to sew the bottom of the pumpkin. Now this side needs to be gathered. So if you have thin material, you can sew a big, running stitch so you can gather the material.

• ***If you are using canvas, it is extremely hard to gather the material without breaking your thread (I know this from experience — lol). What I did was add some elastic to the bottom of the pumpkin. Take a length of elastic. Sew the beginning of the elastic to the beginning of the side. Backstitch so it is secure. Then stretch the elastic along the side of the seam where you are going to stitch. Stitch along the elastic while pulling it tight until you get to the end of the side. Now that side should bunch up.***

• If using regular fabric, gather up that side of the pumpkin by pulling on the string and bunching up the material as much as possible. When it is all gathered, use a needle and thread to secure the ends so it doesn’t unravel when you stuff the pumpkin later.

 

• Once all of the sides are sewn, Flip it so it’s right side out and the seams are on the inside. I added about a cup of rice to the bottom of the pumpkin. Just to make it more secure and help it stand up straight.

• Now stuff the pumpkin with your polyfill stuffing.
• Now I gathered the material and hot glued it together. I tried to stuff the pumpkins as full as possible so the pumpkins would look round and full.
• For the canvas pumpkins, I used some straight pins to hold the material in place while the hot glue cooled.

• Now make the stems. I freehanded the shapes with the tops narrower than the bases. For the smaller pumpkins, I made long, skinny stems.

 

• Hot glue the stems on to the top of the pumpkins. I turned the material under at the base of the stems so the raw edges wouldn’t show.

 

• Now it’s time for the ruffles!! I made my ruffles 1.5 inches wide. I used a fat quarter to make the ruffles on the largest pumpkin. I cut the fat quarter into strips 1.5 inches wide. Then I sewed the strips together, making one long, continuous piece of material. I used a wide, running stitch and then gathered up the whole length of material – creating a long ruffle. I hot glued the ruffle on to the pumpkin, wrapping it around the pumpkin — starting at one side seam, then once it had wrapped all the way around. I cut the ruffle and attached the other end to the beginning so it wrapped all the way around. Then I started the ruffle underneath that one. Leaving about 1/2 inch between the ruffles. For the large pumpkin I made 4 ruffles. On the medium sized pumpkin I made two rows of ruffles.

• For the small pumpkin, I cut a 1/2 inch ruffle and put it around the center. You can ruffle the pumpkins as much or as little as you like.  

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