How to Make mini pumpkin planters with real pumpkins

How to Make mini pumpkin planters with real pumpkins is something I’ve been thinking about for a while now because this pin is my most popular pin on Pinterest! The image really resonated with people. It’s not like most pumpkin planters that use succulents, but just a few simple fall flowers that you can buy or you may have them in your yard. I went on a quick walk in my neighborhood to find the yellow flower that’s probably a weed!

Use these mini pumpkin planters down the table or at each place setting. They could easily be made into place cards and then each guest can take it home as a little parting gift! Your table decor turns into a little gift!

Here is what you need to make three mini pumpkin planters with fall flowers

3 mini pumpkins
9 tiny mum flowers
3 -6 Aster flowers
Some sort of trailing flower (I found mine on a walk in my neighborhood)
Any other kind of flower that you like

Tools needed to make mini pumpkin planters

A power drill with a 1 1/8″ drill bit
A spoon
a damp cloth

Here’s how to make these adorable planters inspired by Pinterest

Choose pumpkins without a stem or remove it by cutting as close to the stem as possible
Drill into the pupkin to create the vessel to hold a little water.
Clean out the seeds and flesh just as you would when carving a regualr size pumpkin.
Clean pumpkin with a damp cloth
Fill the vessel with a little water
arrange the short stemmed flowers in the pumpkin
And that’s it! They will stay fresh for several days if kept out of direct sun and heat

Sugar Pumpkin with Evergreens

We also made a mini pumpkin planter using a sugar pumpkin and a few evergreen clippings from the yard. I love the way it turned out. We have evergreens, mini Japanese Maple, and boxwoods in all of our planters for fall and winter so it was easy to find an assortment of evergreens.