T-Shirt Pumpkins

These are easy to make and you can re-use the materials once the season is over. I found one brown and one orange t-shirt at the dollar store last week and brought them home with the full intention of using them for the “garland” I had planned to make. Change of plans…they turned into pumpkins instead.

Supply List: One fall colored t-shirt One bed sheet (for stuffing) 10 Rubber bands Fall Leaves Ribbon / Embellishments   Turn the t-shirt inside out. Place a rubber band just under the area where the sleeves begin and tighten it as many times as you can.   Turn the t-shirt right side out again. You will now have a puckered area that will be the bottom of your pumpkin. If you do not want to re-use the t-shirt, you can always trim the excess off, but I found that the excess helped to stuff the pumpkin.   Now, stuff the pumpkin with the sheet. You will have to fluff it a bit to get a nice even shape.   Gather the open end of the t-shirt tightly and wrap a rubber band around it as tightly as possible. You will end up with a nice pleated pumpkin form   Then I wrapped the stem into a nice round ball and secured it with yet another rubber band. Next, you will use your rubber-bands to wrap around the pumpkin to get as many even segments as you would like to get the perfect  “pumpkin effect”. Start adding your embellishments; they will hide the area where the rubber bands cross paths under the stem. That is it. Fluff it up a bit and add it to your Thanksgiving display. It only takes about 15 minutes to put together. No hot glue, no sewing, no cutting, very easy project! Please take a moment and let me know you stopped by. Better yet, follow our blog or grab one of our buttons. Don’t forget to check out our “Flashback Wednesdays” linky party.