Martie's "Use What You Have Holiday" Ideas: Pumpkin Snowman & Angel

PUMPKIN SNOWMAN & PUMPKIN ANGEL

Why toss those pumpkins you used for decorations? They make perfectly lovely Christmas decorations when you dress them up!

All you have to do is to spray paint the pumpkins and dress them up. If you want, you can use a dowel to hold the pumpkins together. I usually just use a big blob of hot glue from my trusty glue gun and it works perfectly.

You can make pumpkin snowmen, angels, carolers, and even a manger scene if you are very creative! Here are a couple of our ideas. We used buttons, scrap ribbon, silk flowers, and a few odds and ends to create our pumpkin people.

 

Make Delicious Dessert Cocktails

Use What's in the Fridge: Make Simple Goat Cheese Truffles

Apple Votives

Herb Tin Can Centerpieces & Placecards

Woven Ribbon Tablecloth Runner

Spray Painted Bottle Vases

Cylinder Vases Two Ways

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Martie's "Use What You Have Holiday" Ideas: Make Apple Votives

For those of you who could not join us this year at the Metropolitan Cooking & Entertaining Show in Washington, DC... we missed you! We had a blast and even had time to explore our Nation's capital on  a totally gorgeous weekend. We hit the foodie spots like Jaleo for tapas and some of the standards like the Old Ebbitt Inn. We had a wonderful weekend and met so many nice folks!

The holidays will be here before you blink... so here are some of the ideas I included in my "Use What You Have Holiday" workshop using re-purposed items you have around the house for holiday decorating and entertaining.  

APPLE VOTIVES

6 apples, very ripe (select apples that sit up straight)

6 tealights

clear acrylic spray

These were a big hit and were the easiest thing ever. Use a teaspoon or a mini melon baller to scoop a shallow hole just slightly larger than your tealight.

You want the tealight to sit down into the apple so when the candle melts and the wax is hot, it won't spill out over the top of the apple. After you check the apple to make sure the tealight fits properly, remove it and spray the inside of the apple with the acrylic spray to keep the apple from turning brown. Once dry, replace the tealight.

Want more "Use What You Have Holiday" ideas? Try some of these:

Tin Can Centerpieces

Make a Woven Table Runner

New Ideas for Cylinder Vases

Pumpkin Snowman & Angel

Dessert Cocktails

Easy Appetizer: Goat Cheese Truffles

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