Make Your Own Concrete Pumpkins

Mix your concrete according to the package directions.

Make your own concrete pumpkins.

Concrete projects are so popular and this is an inexpensive and easy way to diy your own faux concrete pumpkin for fall or halloween. Mix up the concrete cement or mortar. Here s how to make concrete pumpkins. Let them dry for 48 72 hours depending on how large you make your pumpkins.

I also show you how to keep them lightweig. Insert a disposable plastic cup or a plastic bottle into the center of the wet concrete mix pushing it down until the top is level with the top rim of the bucket. Tie some pieces of twine tighter than others to create a more natural look. We used mortar for the other two.

Slowly add water to the concrete and mix until all is well mixed. Fill it up almost all the way leaving about 1 in 2 5 cm of space at the top so you can insert your center form. Use your large spoon or trowel to scoop concrete into a plastic jack o lantern style pumpkin. The hypertufa method will keep your concrete lightweight once dried.

Note we created 5 regular solid pumpkins for decor and one candle holder bowl pumpkin for our boo kit. You can use a mixture of just concrete alone or you can create what s called hypertyfa by adding perlite and peat moss to your concrete mix. For this project you will need one bag of concrete mix or your favorite concrete hypertufa recipe two plastic pumpkin pails a tub to mix the concrete something to mix with hands or a hand hoe cooking spray water an inner mold a couple of tall cups or similar will work something to create a drainage hole like a couple of squares about one inch of styrofoam that was cut from a big piece. Feel free to pick up the pumpkins and press the concrete with your fingers to get the twine to make deeper grooves as you tighten the knot.

Use a small shovel or use your hands to press the cement dough into the stockings. Depending on how big you want to make the pumpkin fill in the dough and press it together to a round form. It s super easy and depending on the size you want prep work is super quick. Spray a cup or jar with cooking non stick spray and insert into your mold to create the bowl.

Fill a plastic pumpkin with the concrete to about 1 in 2 5 cm from the top. You can see the full diy tutorial here. Using dollar store pumpkins you can hack them into a stylish modern halloween or fall decoration. For the orange pumpkin we used concrete in which we sifted out the rocks.

This will create a recess so. If this is your first pumpkin i suggest you start with a small one before you make bigger ones.