Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

How to Make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Nothing says "Warm and Cozy Fall" like Buffalo Plaid and Pumpkins.  

Add them together for a cute Fall Home Décor project.

Featured Storage:

• Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer
• Interlocking Marker Organizer

Materials Used:

• 7″-8″ Unfinished Round Wood Tree Slice
• Acrylic Paint:  Orange Twist, Off White, Light Gray
• 1″ Removable Painters Tape 
• Paintbrush
• Fine Grit Sandpaper or Extra Fine Grit Sanding Sponge
• Hot Glue Gun
• Small “Home” Wood Word
• Raffia, Ribbon, Button, and Twine

Directions:

• Paint the inside of the wood slice with orange acrylic paint. Leave the outer bark showing.

• Add strips of painter’s tape onto the wood slice to make stripes.  Rub your finger over the tape to make sure that the tape is securely on the wood and has no gaps.
• Paint inside the stripes with a thin coat of off white acrylic paint.  Be careful not to apply the paint too thick.   Only one thin coat of paint is needed.
• Remove painter’s tape.
• Allow paint to fully dry before continuing to the next step.

• Rotate the frame 180° and apply the tape in the opposite direction. Make sure the tape is securely down.
• Paint additional stripes with a light coat of light gray acrylic paint.

• Remove the painter’s tape. Allow the paint to dry.
• Lightly sand the wood slice. Sanding brings out the wood-grain and helps to hide any little imperfections.
• Wipe with a clean cloth.

• Cut a small 2″ piece from a tree branch to use for the stem.
• I also used a “home” wood word picked up at the craft store for my pumpkin.
• Hot glue the stem onto the top of the pumpkin.  Hot glue the word “Home” on the front of the pumpkin.

• To give the Pumpkin a little extra support, I hot glued a small wood piece (cut from an old scrabble tray) to the back of the pumpkin.  Because the wood slice is not perfectly round, you may have to offset it a bit.
• Tie raffia around the stem and hot glue a small button bow with faux fall berries onto the pumpkin

The Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin was created by Design Team Member Sue Eldred.

For more fun projects visit her Sue's blog here.

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Fall Scarecrow Craft for Kids

 

Craft Stick Scarecrows are a fun and easy kids craft project for Fall. 

Featured Storage:  Deflecto Caddy Storage Tray

Materials Used:

• Craft Sticks
• Glue
• Felt (or construction paper)
• Scissors
• Small Flowers
• Googly Eyes
• Black Marker

• Start with all the supplies organized into the Deflecto Caddy Storage Tray.  When the kids can see the supplies they will use, it helps make crafting happier and easier.

• Pull out seven craft sticks (also known as popsicle sticks) and cut one in half - a parent will need to this part. Set up six sticks in a row, stagger them for a little extra interest, and using kids white school glue use the two half sticks to hold the set of 6 together by gluing them perpendicularly. 

Cut felt (or construction paper) into 3 sections in any fall colors you want. 

The section are the following measurements:

• Square hat top 3 x 3 inches 
• Bottom hat section 1 x 4 inches 
• Hat band 3 x 0.5 inches

• To finish the scarecrow glue on the googly eyes, triangle nose and draw in the mouth.

The Craft Stick Scarecrows were created by Design Team Member Erin Reed.  

For more fun projects check out Erin's blog here.

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