Can you believe Halloween is just ten days away? I’m still totally obsessed with pom-pom crafts, so I thought it would be fun to create a pom-pom pumpkin in the shape of a Jack O’Lantern.

If you want to join in on the fun, I’ll show you how to make your very own pom-pom pumpkin and turn it into a spooktacular Halloween Jack O’Lantern by adding some black, spooky eyes and a mouth!

Learn to DIY pom-pom pumpkin, make it to a Halloween pumpkin jack 'o lantern by adding the black spooky eyes and mouth to it.

I love Halloween, though it is not commonly celebrated here (except for those costume parties organized for adults). I experienced it once during my short-term stay in the UK, and that gave me a wonderful memory.

Seeing children dressed up in cute and spooky Halloween costumes, holding a Halloween basket, walking from door to door shouting “Treat or Trick,” and getting treats in return, this is cute 🙂

Also, I would love to carve a real pumpkin with a spooky expression, place a tea light in it, and put it outside my front door, but I am in Malaysia… I can’t find this type of pumpkin, which is such an orange, big, and beautiful; even if there is, the price must be sky-high. All we have here is Kabocha Pumpkin, which has blotchy green skin that is hard and “ugly” but tastes excellent in cooking. [Update: I finally found a suitable pumpkin and carved a pumpkin with just using simple cutlery.]

So, no real pumpkin for me—never mind! With pom-poms, I can make a small Halloween pom-pom pumpkin decoration in just 30 minutes. The step is pretty simple.

What’s Next:

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How To DIY Pom-Pom Pumpkin

Yield: 45mm Pom-Pom Pumpkin

Active Time: 30 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Difficulty: Avid Beginner

Estimated Cost: $1 - $5

10 days to Halloween!!! My pom-pom fever hasn’t subsided so I made this Jack O’ Lantern pom-pom pumpkin!

Enjoy making them!

Materials

Orange and brown color yarns
Tacky craft glue
Black felt (cut into the facial features of a Jack O’ Lantern)

Tools

45mm pom-pom maker
Oval-shaped template for trimming the pom-pom into pumpkin-shaped
A pair of thumb-pins
A pair of sharp scissors

Instructions

Gather all the needed materials and tools as listed above.
Wind the arm of the pom-pom maker with 2 – 3 layers of orange yarn.
Change yarn to brown color and wind a layer of brown yarn.
3 layers of orange yarn, 1 layer brown, and 3 layers orange again.
Cut the yarn across and you will see the stripes of brown yarn in between the orange. If you want to know more about the basic of making pom-pom using the pom-pom maker, click here.
This is pom-pom pumpkin before trimming take place.
You can see the brown stripes run from top to bottom of the pumpkin.
You can tie an additional string on the pom-pom if you plan to hang it.
Position the pumpkin template on both sides to trim the pom-pom into a pumpkin shape. Read more about trimming a pom-pom fast and easy here if you don’t know how to do it.
Trim the pom-pom close to the template. Slightly under-trim is better than over-trim. Do the same on the other side, 90 deg to the left or right.
You can see the brown stripes more clearly now.
I prefer to apply some fabric glue on the tied string so that the pom-pom’s shape is “fixed”. Make sure that the fabric glue gets into the inside of the center.
Trim lightly on your pom-pom pumpkin to make it look neat if necessary. Remember to fluff the pom-pom often enough to get the “hiding” yarn out and trim it.
Lastly, attach the facial features onto the pom-pom with fabric glue. Remember to spread a thick and generous amount (but not overflow) of fabric glue onto the wrong side of the felt, and wait for 5 -10 minutes until it is tacky before mounting them onto the pom-pom.