I love fall, and all things Pumpkins and Halloween. Yes Im "that person" So for me Fall begins the day my kids head back to school, September 1st or the Day Starbucks launches Pumpkin Spice lattes, seriously which ever one comes first. Decorating my front porch is like Clark Griswold's Christmas. I will not apologize... But this year I wanted a more Rustic feel. So I wanted some home made pieces. I saw a like piece, a solid concrete pumpkin and so the idea for the Pumpkin Planter came! It's EASY-PEASY I promise, this takes ZERO technical skill, but a little grit, concrete is heavy! But seriously ANY ONE can do this, and its so cute! Perfect charm to anyones front porch, or even an indoor piece, I have fallen head over heals for this Concrete Pumpkin planter.
Heres the How To...
First pick your self a cheap plastic pumpkin, the one with lines and a face so that it will have all the markings of a jack o'lantern when you are finished with your project.
You will also need: A bag of quickcrete, Perlite (not necessary but it will help the concrete not be so heavy it is used as a filler), Pam cooking spray, and duck tape or packing tape, a large mixing bucket, and something to mix concrete with. We used a drill with a mixing tool attached (again not necessary but very helpful.)
Our Second round of pumpkins we found that Quickrete carried liquid color in a terracotta color. So our second batch of pumpkins we added color too, So excited to see how they turn out.
How to:
Spray the inside of the pumpkin with pam cooking spray, and the cup you will be using to create the hole for the planter. Fill the pumpkin or bucket with quickrete and water and mix (you can do this by hand or with power tools). We also used a the perlite filler so the concrete would not be so heavy, it also added a fun texture to the concrete. It takes a lot of concrete. Don't be surprised. But don't over fill, its a fine balance. When the pumpkin is full, take a cup or we used old full gatorade bottles and taped them down to create the hole where the potted plant would eventually sit.
Fill the concrete about 3/4 of the way overfilling creates a mess!
Make sure you tape down the cup, or whatever you are weighing down to create the pocket for your future plant.
When completely hardened (3-4 days) Cut with scissors around pumpkin Kinda like your pealing a banana! OOOOO fun I know, the plastic cuts pretty easy because its Cheap-O!
And VOILA!!! Your masterpiece!
I can't wait for this Mum to bloom, I love the end result! What do you think?
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