Canning Ring Pumpkin

It’s pumpkin season! I love finding different ways to make pumpkins to decorate my house with. This cute little pumpkin makes home or table décor.

MADE BY: SAMANTHA TAYLOR  |   TIME: 30 MINUTES
LEVEL: BEGINNER  |  SIZE: 9"

Supplies:

• Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Squares
• Craft Glue Dots®
• 18 Canning Jar Rings
• Patterned Paper in 6 different patterns
• Card stock or mono-colored patterned paper
• Yarn, String, or Twine

Directions:

1. Cut 3 – 12” x ½” strips from each of 6 different patterned paper (for a total of 18 strips).
   
2. Use Permanent Glue Squares® to attach 1 strip of paper to each canning jar ring.
   
3. String all 18 lids onto a length of twine, yarn, or string. Cinch the string up tight around the middle and secure with a knot.
   
4. Arrange the lids in a circular, pumpkin shape (the string should be doing most of the work for you).
   
5. Cut a length of card stock or mono-colored patterned paper to 4” x 6”. Roll the paper into a tube shape. Use Craft Glue Dots® to secure the edges.
   
6. Squeeze and crumple your tube to create a more natural stem shape. Use Craft Glue Dots® to secure the stem to the center of the pumpkin.
   

Notes:

I chose Glue Squares® for the canning ring part of this project because the small size was perfect on the slim edges of the canning lids. Glue Squares® are also great for working with more than one medium at a time (paper to metal).

I chose Craft Glue Dots® for the stem because they are slightly thicker, and the gooier nature helps to hold while I bent and crinkled the stem. However, you should be able to use Ultra Thin Glue Dots® or Glue Squares® with equal success.

I used standard size canning lid rings, but wide-mouth rings will also work great with this project and yield a slightly larger pumpkin.