DIY Cinderella Fabric Pumpkin Craft

This Cinderella pumpkin craft is easy to create, and makes a fun little accent piece for your fall decor. Inspired by real heirloom Cinderella pumpkins, and made with cotton drop cloth fabric. 

Cinderella Fabric Pumpkin Craft

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 In the past, you could only find the standard orange pumpkins to decorate your home, but now, many nurseries, farms, and even some of the big box stores sell these lovely gems. The real Cinderella pumpkin comes from a French heirloom variety called “Rouge vif D’Etampes,” a dark red orange pumpkin with deep ribbing. The pretty blue-gray pumpkin is a variety called Jarrahdale, a cross between the Cinderella and Blue Hubbard gourd. 

Materials

Drop Cloth Fabric 
Batting for the stuffing
Craft Paint
Needle & Thread

Step 1

Use any round object and draw a circle around it. This one I used for the smallest pumpkin and it measured 10 inches in diameter. The middle one was 18 inches, and the largest, 24 inches.

Step 2

Paint the fabric with craft paint diluted with some water. Using a sponge brush paint one side of the fabric. Allow to dry.

Step 3

Cut out your circle, and sew basting or gathering stitches. Do this by threading a long piece of thread through your needle to the half way point. Gather the ends of the thread and tie a knot. Then sew up through the fabric about 1/4 of an inch from the edge. Sew nice wide stitches until you reach the other end.

Step 4

Pull on the thread to gather the fabric into shape. You can pull it all the way closed or leave it a little open like the one shown above to get it a flatter shape, it will be covered if you are going to stack them. Make an knot by sewing close to the end and threading the needle through the loop.

Stuff the pumpkin with batting.

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You can make a stem by cutting a long rectangle, and painting it green. Then roll it up and glue the edge. Glue the stem into the pumpkin.

Add a vine by using a piece of green wire or a pipe cleaner, and wrap it around a pencil. Glue into the pumpkin.

Stack your pumpkins on top of each other. You could secure them with glue or sew them together, but I didn’t.

Add a little hay, moss or other fall material to give it an extra rustic look.

I’ll probably buy some real Cinderella pumpkins this season, but it was fun to make this faux fabric pumpkin craft. So easy and affordable, with a little drop cloth fabric, batting and paint.

They’ll last a whole lot longer too.