3D Pumpkin 🎃 Wreath With Dollar Tree Products

It took two tries to get the gist of how the metal things worked.

• Line the metal on the top of each wire and wrap the ends around it so it keeps it's form

Note: apparently DT's Nautical Rope comes in two lengths/widths. I only realized this while assembling this project because I had some of each. As always, I use what I have whenever possible. Jeff is kinda obsessed with this stuff so he grabs at least one during every trip. In total 4 ropes were used. Let me know if you can tell the difference in the finished product.

This is after the first metal piece was added.

The wreath form has a metal peg like thing on each end. I wanted to use as little glue as possible in the event this didn't work out as planned and I decided to disassemble it.

I stuck the peg through the rope and wrapped it all the way up one row of the form until I reached the top.

Once I got to the other end I fed the rope over the top and continued down the side of the next empty part of the form.

• I chose not to cut the rope because I was afraid of it fraying and looking weird.

Here's a picture of it more than half done. I did tack it down with hot glue in a few areas, specifically where one rope ended and another began.

To give it a more full appearance I didn't separate the rope sections and I wrapped it loosely.

I had part if a Styrofoam wreath left from another project. This is what will be used for the stem of the pumpkin.

I cut it to size with my xacto knife then glided it in place with hot glue.

This is the paint I used for the stem.

Close up of the stem after I made the cuts and added paint.

I decided it needed some color & interest. We've got some orange, pumpkin scented battery operated candles. I thought one in the middle would give a great fall vibe but, it would need to stand on it's own. To achieve that I used an old lid (we save them too), wrapped it in the same rope put it in the middle & sat the candle on top.

To keep the pumpkin from flopping over, I used another larger lid. To mix it up a bit I wrapped it in some brown jute cord & sat the pumpkin into the open side of the lid, putting the flat side on the table.

This is the finished product.