DIY Tassel Pumpkin

2 min read September 13, 2026 Amy Weir
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There is something about the weather cooling and knowing fall is on the way, that always makes me excited to start decorating my home with pumpkins. However, I rarely follow the traditional fall colors as they never feel quite right for me. This year, I was so excited to give reds, purples and pinks a try using fun tassels! Let’s do this fun Tassel Pumpkin.

Project Time
60 to 70 min
Difficulty
Intermediate
Step
1

The first step to creating this fun tassel pumpkin is to spray paint the foam pumpkin from orange to white. Once the pumpkin has dried, you can start adding the first row of tassels. I used a mixture of dark tassels and red valentines tassels.

DIY Tassel Pumpkin step 1
Step
2

The next row of tassels I hot glued to the pumpkin was a dark maroon tassel and a hot pink tassel.

DIY Tassel Pumpkin step 2
Step
3

The next row of tassels was a combination of purple tassels. And the last row was a mixture of soft pinks and gold tassels!

DIY Tassel Pumpkin step 3
Step
4

For the final touch, I used two pumpkin jack o’lantern sand art bottles and mimicked the same colors used on the tassel pumpkin. I used white sand for most of the pumpkins and then added a red, purple and pink sand stripe! I love how the tassel pumpkin and sand pumpkins turned out! They add just the perfect amount of color to my fall table.

Be sure to check out our other No-Carve Pumpkin Craft Ideas using the Foam Orange Pumpkin.

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DIY Painted Geometric Pumpkins; by Carrie Waller

DIY Tassel Pumpkin step 4

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