Easy DIY Pumpkin Decor for Fall Using Old Jeans

Are you ready for some fun and festive Pumpkin Decor?

We are counting down the days when we can break out the fall decor!

Styling our homes for the change of seasons is something we love to do!

And better yet, it’s even more rewarding to create unique additions to our stash repurposing items we already have on hand!

Originally I had a different vision for this pumpkin decor, but I just wasn’t loving it.

Then the inspiration came to pull out my stash of old jeans.

And voilà, my pumpkin decor using old jeans!

So get ready to have some fun and repurpose your old jeans in fabulous fall decor!

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What You’ll Need to Make DIY Pumpkin Decor

It doesn’t take much to make these darling pumpkins!

And hopefully you already have most of these items lying around your own home!

To get started you’ll need:

plastic trick-or-treat bucket
pair of old denim jeans
leftover paint (optional)
paper plate
tape
hot glue
rotary cutting kit
scrap fabric and rope for embellishing
vintage knobs/handles for pumpkin stem

PAINT PUMPKIN (OPTIONAL)

Painting the pumpkin is completely optional.

Plastic trick-or-treat pumpkin bucket used for DIY pumpkin decor.

Paint plastic pumpkin if using a lighter color fabric.

I was originally intending to wrap my plastic pumpkin in burlap, and I didn’t want the bright color of the pumpkin to show through.

However, I just wasn’t feeling it, and decided to use an old pair of jearns.

Choose what type of fabric you want to use, and decide if painting the pumpkin is necessary.

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Cut Jeans into Strips

Do any of you have a stash of old denim jeans that have holes in them, or maybe don’t fit well anymore?

I keep a stash handy in my craft room for project just like this!

Measure how long the jeans scraps should be cut for DIY pumpkin decor.

To begin, cut the leg from the jeans.

Wrap the denim fabric around the pumpkin, to get an idea of how long the denim strips will need to be.

Cut strips of denim from old jeans with a rotary cutter.

Then cut the leg to the desired length.

Cut 2" wide strips of jeans to make pumpkin decor

Now cut several strips of the denim jeans about 2″ wide.

Using a rotary cutting kit really speeds up the process when cutting lots of pieces!

The clear ruler lets you see through to the fabric so you know exactly where you’re cutting.

Not to mention, that the rotary cutter itself makes it so much easier to cut straight lines!

If you’ve had this on your wish list for a while, you’ll thank yourself for finally getting one!

Add Jeans Strips to Pumpkin Decor

Prior to painting the pumpkin, I traced the top edge of the pumpkin onto a large paper plate.

Then I cut it our and taped it onto the pumpkin.

Hot glue strips of jeans onto plastic pumpkin.

Applying the strips of jeans is super easy!

Place a small amount of hot glue near the center of the paper plate.

Then apply a strip of the cut jeans onto the glue. Repeat at the bottom edge of the pumpkin.

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Trim Denim into strips and attach to pumpkin with hot glue.

I also poked a hole in the center of the paper plate with a pair of scissors to stick the fabric in.

This will also be where you’ll attach the pumpkin stem.

As I began working around the top of the pumpkin, I decided to trim off the top edge of the denim strip at an angle, creating a triangle piece when cut off.

This gave me a little more room to attach the denim strips into the hole without having a huge bulk of excess fabric.

Continue applying your fabric strips all the way around the pumpkin.

Cover plastic pumpkin with strips of old jeans with hot glue.

I made two pumpkins using jeans.

Once I decided that I was using old jeans, I realized I didn’t need to paint my second pumpkin.

Embellishing Pumpkin Decor

Cut strips of seams from jeans and attach to pumpkin with hot glue.

To spruce this pumpkin decor up a bit, I decided to cut the side seams from the jeans and add them around the pumpkin.

This mimics the indentations of a pumpkin and adds a bit more character.

You could use anything for this step. A coordinating fabric, jute, ribbon, yarn…be creative and make it your own.

Vintage knobs and handles used for pumpkin stems.

Last year we purchased some vintage knobs and handles to use as pumpkin stems.

It is so fun to repurpose vintage items with your crafts!

I love how aged and worn they are.

These add a little charm to these darling pumpkins!

Attached vintage handle with hot glue to pumpkin for stem.

Simply apply to the center hole of the pumpkin with hot glue.

pumpkin decor embellished with stem and leaves.

Finally every pumpkin needs some leaves, I cus them from fabric scraps and attached them with hot glue.

Then to finish them off, I tied a chunky piece of rope around the vintage handle.

Adorable Pumpkin Decor Using Jeans

DIY pumpkin decor made using old denim jeans.

So what do you think?

Aren’t they adorable?

When I was making them, my teenager asked “what are those blue balls for?” 🤣

pumpkin decorDIY pumpkin decor for Fall using old jeans.

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Apparently to him, they’re just blue balls…but I think they’re adorable!

This is such an easy way to upcycle and transform an old plastic trick-or-treat bucket.

And of course you can use any kind of fabric you want!

They don’t have to be “blue balls”.

Front porch decorated for fall with pumpkin decor using old jeans, cornstalks, pillows and skeleton.

I’m loving the way they look on our front porch!

We’ve styled them on the farmhouse bench with the reversible Dollar Tree Rug Pillow we made.

For more pumpkin ideas check out 5 Simple Pumpkin DIY Ideas that Look High-End.

I even decided to keep them out for our skeleton Halloween display this year!

Come decorate with us! You’ll get behind the scenes access to our decorating methods.

Steph’s house is all about skeletons.

Michelle’s is all about bats!

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