Vintage Doorknob Pumpkins

I am hoping you will be tolerant of me - lots of exciting stuff going on around here! So, I haven't had much time for new projects - but this is one of my all time favorite fall projects, so I thought I would share it again!

Grab your coupons and your sales flyer and head to the nearest craft store.

And buy the cheapest and ugliest fake pumpkin you can find.

I am going to show you how easy it is to make the ugliest pumpkins into a vintage doorknob pumpkins.

And, some of my favorite bloggers have a pumpkin project to share with you today as well!

The problem with fake pumpkins – even if you paint them, the stems are usually pretty awful. So instead of trying to make it look real, why not give it a vintage looks with some old doorknobs.

This is where I started

Four differently shaped and style pumpkins, an exacto knife, chalk and craft paint and a pile of doorknobs and hardware.

The easier ones to work with are the ones with the really cheap looking stem, it just pops off and leaves a very small opening.

For the other types, use an exacto knife to cut the stem off. You will need to use a wider base doorknob for this style – or one with a “collar” that blocks the opening.

Simply paint out your pumpkins as you choose and then select your hardware. They can be rough and tumbled and even with paint stains.

I simply rested them on top or inserted them into the styrofoam.

It really is that easy.

Just paint them your color choices. I used a beige craft paint on one, a blue chalk paint on one and the third one I layered two colors of blue chalk paint. It is all about using what you have.

For this pumpkin, I did not even paint it. The white was fine, it was just the terrible stem.

I added some twine with some vintage rusty keys tied to it. To curl the twine, I wrapped it around my exacto knife and sprayed it with hair spray and let it dry.

Now I have a style of pumpkin that fits perfectly in my home’s style and they are a little quirky just like me!

Some of my favorite blog friends have also pulled together some ideas for creating your own pumpkins. Stop by to see their projects as well.

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