DIY Splatter Screen Pumpkin for an East Texas Fall Weekend
If you love budget-friendly fall decorating, cozy porch decor, and easy seasonal crafts, this DIY Splatter Screen Pumpkin is a fun project for an East Texas fall weekend. It uses simple supplies like Dollar Tree splatter screens, floral wire, spray paint, craft rope, and fall decorations to create a rustic pumpkin you can display on a door, table, porch, or entryway.
This is the kind of fall craft you can make before a weekend getaway, use as a family craft afternoon, or bring along for a relaxed cabin weekend. Because apparently even splatter screens deserve a chance to become pumpkins now.
How This Fits an East Texas Fall Weekend
This DIY Splatter Screen Pumpkin is a fun fit for:
- East Texas fall weekends
- Cabin stays
- Family craft afternoons
- Girls’ weekends
- Fall porch decorating
- Thanksgiving gatherings
- Vacation rental decor
- Fall festival weekends
- Budget seasonal decorating
You can make it ahead of time for your home or pack the supplies for a cozy craft activity during a fall getaway.
Splatter Screen Pumpkin Instructions
Here is what you need:
1. Splatter Screens, 3 of them with the long handle. You can get two of them with the knobs if you want to hang your pumpkin on the wall or door.
2. Floral wire
3. Hot Glue
4. Fall decor (artificial flowers, hay, pine cones, ect for decorating the pumpkin)
5. Spray Paint
6. Craft Rope
The first thing I did was spray pained my spatter screens with my choice of color.
To connect the pumpkins together, cut pieces of the floral wire and stick it though the screen holes and twist on the back side (you can always cut the extra wire if you get it to long)
As you can see above, handles on 2 of the splatter screens are bent so that the pumpkin can sit on the counter.
Here is another one I made (below) without the rope and I painted the handle green.
Now it's time to decorate your Fall Pumpkin. In the photo above, you will see that the rope is glued around the pumpkin and around the top handle with hot glue. Also use the floral wire or hot glue to decorate your pumpkin as you wish.
Where to Display Your Splatter Screen Pumpkin
You can use this pumpkin in several fall spaces:
- Front porch
- Entryway table
- Dining table
- Fireplace mantel
- Cabin kitchen
- Vacation rental table
- Fall party display
- Thanksgiving setup
- Craft booth or vendor table
What to Pack If Making This During a Fall Trip
If you want to make this craft during a cabin weekend or family getaway, pack your supplies before you leave:
- Splatter screens
- Floral wire
- Hot glue gun
- Glue sticks
- Craft rope
- Fall floral
- Pine cones or hay
- Spray paint, if painting before the trip
- Wire cutters
- Disposable table covering
I recommend spray painting before you travel. Nobody needs a vacation rental smelling like “autumn, but make it chemically suspicious.”
Safety Tip
Adults should handle the spray paint, hot glue, wire cutting, and bending the handles. Spray paint outdoors or in a well-ventilated area, and let everything dry fully before decorating or displaying your pumpkin.
Dollar Tree Splatter Screen Pumpkin
It’s time to make one of your own Dollar Tree Splatter Screen Pumpkin, It’s a cheap craft, just go to the Dollar Tree for your supplies. I got my spray paint at Walmart though.
Materials
- 1. Splatter Screens, 3 of them with the long handle. You can get two of them with the knobs if you want to hang your pumpkin on the wall or door.
- 2. Floral wire
- 5. Spray Paint
- 6. Craft Rope (Optional)
- 4. Fall decor (artificial flowers, hay, pine cones, ect for decorating the pumpkin)
- 3. Hot Glue
Instructions
- Spray paint the spatter screens with your choice of color
- Connect the pumpkins together, cut pieces of the floral wire and stick it though the screen holes and twist on the back side (you can always cut the extra wire if you get it to long). Make sure that two of the splatter screen handles are pointing down so that you can bend them as a stand.
- Decorate your Pumpkin and use either floral wire or hot glue to connect them to your pumpkin
How did you put the words on your craft?
Those are metal words that come in a 3 pack (Harvest, Welcome and Thankful) from Dollar Tree. Just hot glued one on the pumpkin 🙂
This is such a cute and absolutely brilliant idea!! I was thinking it was a wreath and wondering how you cut off the handle and scrolled down to the picture with handles bent backwards to make a stand and thought that's so simple but absolutely brilliant!! I decorate for our church events, parties, weddings, showers, and just keeping everything nice for the seasons. I am always on the lookout for cute but cheap ideas because for some events I make 30 centerpieces and also decorate serving tables and memory tables and photo taking walls. Already I can see using this idea in many ways. 2 together for a sign, decorative paper attached to make it fit any occasion,
2 intertwined wedding rings for the entrance table with names and picture of bride and groom for a wedding shower, large signs for labeling the drink urns. They are always labeled with a small sign either on top or at the spigot but no one sees them for some reason. Your brain is definitely out in left field where nothing is ever seen for what it is but for what it could be, wish mine worked that way!! Thanks so much for a great idea!!
Hi Vickie, thanks for the comment. I love those ideas that you mentioned, especially the wedding rings. I have so many ideas too, can't wait to hear more or see yours. Thanks for stopping by.