How to Make a Pumpkin Garland with Twine

Learn how to make a sweet pumpkin garland with twine. The natural texture of jute or twine gives this easy craft a rustic warm and cozy feel that's perfect for your fall decor.

This year's fall mantel is decorated with muted fall colors with natural elements. However, I really wanted to add in a little color, so I decided to create a pumpkin garland using natural twine.

How to Make a Twine Pumpkin Garland

Here's a short video to help you see how easy the pumpkins can be put together.

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Dying Twine

I always have natural twine in the house but I also picked up some orange twine. However, natural and orange pumpkins seemed a little boring so I wondered if I could dye some of the natural twine to add in a bit of extra color.

I used food coloring with boiling water and vinegar just like dying eggs at Easter. Using different combinations of red and yellow dye and some blue gave me a few different colored twine for the pumpkins.

Making the Twine Pumpkins

Start with a wrapping paper tube. For these pumpkins, I used one that was about 1.25 inches in diameter. This created pumpkins about 3 inches wide.

Cut the tube to 7 inches in length.

Next cut through the tube lengthwise.

Begin wrapping the twine around the tube from one end to the other. At one point I started taping the ends to help keep the tube shape while wrapping. You can see this in the video below.

When you take off the twine you will get a nice coil that creates a round shape when you tie the ends together

Once you've created the pumpkins, hot glue a small bit of a tree branch to the top for the pumpkin stem.

Tie the pumpkins along a thicker piece of twine and hang your pretty pumpkin garland from the mantel or anywhere you want a little fall whimsy.

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How to Make a Pumpkin Garland with Twine

Let me show you how easy it is to make an adorable pumpkin garland using twine. You can keep it natural, or dye it in fall colors.

Prep Time20 mins

Active Time20 mins

Total Time40 mins

Course: Fall Decor

Yield: 1 Garland

Author: Patti Estep

Cost: $5

Equipment

• scissors

Materials

• Twine - Thin twine for pumpkins and a thicker twine for the garland
• Cardboard Tube
• Tree Branch for pumpkin stems
• Hot Glue

Instructions

• Use food coloring with boiling water and vinegar to dye the twine whatever color you like.
• Cut a wrapping paper tube to 7 inches in length.
• For these pumpkins, I used one that was about 1.25 inches in diameter to create pumpkins about 3 inches wide.
• Cut through the tube lengthwise.
• Wrap the twine around the tube from one end to the other.
• Tape the ends to help keep the tube shape while wrapping.
• Take off the twine and you will get a nice coil that creates a round shape when you tie the ends together.
• Hot glue a small tree branch to the top for the pumpkin stem.
• Tie the pumpkins along a thicker piece of twine and hang.