It’s officially Fall! I’ve spent the weekend making turkey chili and decorating the house and porch for Halloween. This year, I decided to make some pumpkin topiaries for the front porch that I could use for both Halloween and Fall.
1. Gather supplies you’ll need:
– 6 craft pumpkins (I found mine at Michael’s Crafts)
– Paint for the pumpkins (optional)
– 2 Bamboo sticks or dowel rods to stack the pumpkins on
– 2 Pots (I purchased inexpensive plastic pots from Home Depot and spray
painted them)
– Rock to weigh down the pots (I found a large bag of river stone at Home Depot)
– Decorative Halloween and Fall picks to add to the pots
– Drill with ½ inch bit
2. Paint the craft pumpkins. I added orange stripes to the white pumpkins for a pop of color.
3. Drill a hole through each of the stems of the pumpkins.
4. Mount the pumpkins on a bamboo stick.
5. Fill the pots with rock and insert the bamboo stick with pumpkins on it into the rock.
6. Add some flare to the pots. I decorated a pot for Fall and a pot for Halloween. After October, I will change out the Halloween decorative picks for the Fall picks.
Halloween 
Fall
There you have it! These topiaries were easy to make and less expensive than store bought topiaries. Plus, you have the flexibility to decorate them for the holiday and the season as a whole.
