Fall Front Porch Tour-Day 4

Topiaries for Fall

I love pumpkin topiaries and have often wondered if they were real pumpkins or faux pumpkins. I love both but I wanted to use them again in the future and through Thanksgiving. I have had pumpkins start to rot after a freeze and wanted to avoid that, so I purchased the fake kind from Michaels.

The other thing I wanted to avoid with using the fake pumpkins was chasing them down the street, finding them in the neighbors yard or in my case in the lake after a storm. How to put theses pumpkins together? I have lived far enough from a town in my many years of living in western Kansas and now living here in a lake community that I just don't pop in the car and go to the store, I improvise. I had my husband (who sometimes graciously helps me with my ideas) cut an old metal broom handle in two parts.  I have explained how I put my topiaries together. ( tutorial here)

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He put the metal post  through the large pumpkin from the bottom and then added the second pumpkin the same way. We then placed the pumpkin in the jar of plaster-of-paris. The little pumpkin is just sitting on top by itself, yes I may have to chase that pumpkin down sometime. I then added a few sprigs of fall leaves and some Spanish moss.

Beautiful sunshine on my fantastic (I think) pumpkin topiaries. Lovin them!

Tour Guide:
Day 1- Monogrammed Front Porch Rug
Day 2- Fall Burlap Square Wreath
Day 3- Seasonal Chair Cushions
Day 5- Hay bale- With Surprise

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