Crafty Courtney: Wine Cork Pumpkin

Hello Everyone!

Thought I would start a new little segment "Crafty Courtney"!  I am pretty into crafting, but Fall and Winter bring it out the most in me.  I thought for my first craft on here I would show you something I finally thought worthwhile to make with my overflowing collection of wine corks.  This is an EXTREMELY easy craft, so I hope it inspires you to create a fun little Fall decoration.

Here we go!



Step 1
Gather 24 wine corks along with a champagne cork.  Corks do not have to be from the same brand, but I had so many Dreaming Tree Crush corks (and am incredibly anal), so I used only those.

Step 2
Round up your supplies: Green and orange acrylic craft paint, paper plate, two brushes, newspaper, a toothpick, and of course all 24 corks!

Step 3
Now it is time to paint your corks.  Pour both green and orange paint onto the paper plate and simply dab the uncorkscrewed end of the cork into the orange paint.  Use a paint brush if needed to distribute the orange paint more evenly.

Step 4
Place each cork on a newspaper to dry.  Use a paint brush and toothpick to paint the champagne cork green.  I then ever so professionally used a pepper shaker to hold the cork and toothpick whilst drying.  Get creative ;)



Step 5
Whip out your glue gun and while it is heating up organize the corks into their designated positions.  You will have 2 rows of 4 and 5, and 1 row of 6.

Step 6
Glue each of the 5 sections together and let the glue dry.

Step 7
Glue all of the sections on top of each other, then glue the stem on top of your finished pumpkin!

I hope you all enjoyed this simple, yet adorable craft!  I cannot wait to make some more of these for upcoming holidays and season.  Have any of you made any crafts lately?  If so, let me know in the comments below :)

- Courtney