Thanksgiving Crafts

Leaf Topiary

Material Needed:

flower pot

metallic copper paint

mini craft pumpkins

craft foam

4" craft foam ball

wooden dowel

fall craft leaves

strait pins

glue

I started this project by painting the flower pot in a metallic copper color.  I then glued some craft foam int o the pot so that I could insert the wooden dowel.  I painted the wooden dowel the same copper color as the flower pot.  I glued the wooden dowel into the craft foam in the flower pot and dry fit the foam ball on top so I knew where I shouldn't put leaves.  I then alternated leaves to cover the entire foam ball and stuck them into the foam ball using the strait pins.  After the entire ball was covered with the leaves I glued the ball onto the wooden dowel.  I then took mini craft pumpkins and hot glued them in to place around the bottom of the dowel to cover the craft foam in the flower pot.  I thought is was cute and festive fall decoration.

Pumpkin Topiary 

Materials Needed:

wooden dowel

flower pot

craft leaves

small craft pumpkins

glue

metallic brown paint

craft foam

This topiary was a bit easier to put together than the first.  I found these fall colored pumpkins at Target in the One Spot and thought they would make a cute topiary stacked on top of one another.  I started off by pulling out the stem of the bottom two pumpkins so they would sit nicely on top of one another.  I painted the flower pot with the brown paint and glued craft foam into the bottom of the pot.  I then glued the wooden dowel into the foam in the pot.  I pushed the pumpkins onto the dowel and glued coordinating leaves onto each pumpkin before adding the next.  I added the final pumpkin on the top of the dowel with some glue.  WALA another super cute fall topiary to decorate my home with.