{"id":783,"date":"2014-10-31T09:03:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T15:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/?p=783"},"modified":"2025-12-11T21:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T04:44:34","slug":"cork-pumpkin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/2014\/10\/cork-pumpkin\/","title":{"rendered":"Cork Pumpkin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Happy Halloween! Even though my spare time for crafts has been pretty limited this fall, I managed to pull together half an hour to create this adorable cork pumpkin! It was a quick, easy craft, and so cute. :-)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN7685.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1111\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN7685.jpg\" alt=\"CorkPumpkin\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN7685.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN7685-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN7685-749x999.jpg 749w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>The idea\/model for my pumpkin came from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/208643395210804742\/\" target=\"_blank\">this pin<\/a> on pinterest. When I found it, I knew I just had to make one for myself! I had been saving my corks for another Christmas project (I had used many corks last year for <a title=\"Wine Cork &amp; Bottle Cap Christmas Ornaments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/2013\/12\/wine-cork-bottle-cap-christmas-ornaments\/\" target=\"_blank\">some ornaments<\/a>)&#8230; but I decided to use them for my pumpkin instead!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5586.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5586-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cork pumpkin materials\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5586-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5586-624x468.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5586.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Materials:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>24 &#8211; wine corks<\/li>\n<li>1 &#8211; champagne cork<\/li>\n<li>string<\/li>\n<li>green felt<\/li>\n<li>orange stamping ink<\/li>\n<li>hot glue gun<\/li>\n<li>scissors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5587.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5587-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Pumpkin corks\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5587-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5587-624x468.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5587.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>First I inked each end of all of my regular wine corks. Some of them don&#8217;t soak up the ink very well, so you might want to have extra paper or paper towel nearby to stamp off the extra! (Need any orange circles for any other craft?!)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Next I glued my pumpkin together. I probably used more hot glue than I needed, but I wanted to make sure that my pumpkin stayed together!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5591.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5591-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"completed cork pumpkin\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5591-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5591-624x468.jpg 624w, http:\/\/www.mjblythe.com\/beautiful\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSCN5591.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Then I cut out my green leaves from the felt, glued them on the top of the pumpkin, added the champagne cork and wound some string around it. I didn&#8217;t leave much extra string curling around it the stem because I was afraid my cats would eat it&#8230; if they weren&#8217;t so naughty, I definitely would have!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">That&#8217;s all it takes! Now I have a cute cork pumpkin sitting next to my wine!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Halloween! Even though my spare time for crafts has been pretty limited this fall, I managed to pull together half an hour to create this adorable cork pumpkin! It was a quick, easy craft, and so cute. :-) The idea\/model for my pumpkin came from this pin on pinterest. 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