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Guys. This has to be one of the coolest DIY’s I’ve done. I saw a video on HomeTalk showing a way to do this and I had to try it. I’m not going to lie, when I started it I thought it was going to be a dud for sure. You know how sometimes you watch a video and it seems easy and then you try and its a disaster. Thats where I thought this was heading.
I stuck with it through the mess and the goop and they turned out so cool! I even want to make more .. like mini ones. Maybe even some to paint. Let’s first though just share how to make these and then we’ll explore more.
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What you’ll need:
- Bag of Quickcrete
- Panty Hose
- Rubberbands
- Water
- Scissors / Stirring Stick / Scoop
- Cardboard or area to get messy
Start by mixing up your Quickcrete per the instructions. I used one pitcher of water and a half a bag of the Quickcrete to make a half of a five gallon bucket worth of concrete to use. This made three medium sized pumpkins.
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Cut each leg of the panty hose off (one leg = one pumpkin). Fill each leg with the Quickcrete to the desired size of your pumpkin. Tie up the end.
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Using rubber bands (i doubled up on mine to make them pull in tighter) place them in a pumpkin pattern.
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Let dry for a few hours or overnight and cut off the rubber bands and panty hose.
I found chewed up pinecones in my front yard to use as stems but you could also use rope, raffia, or sticks to make the top.
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Thats it! They turned out so cool to me!
If you make these concrete pumpkins … Tag me! I’d love to see!
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