This canning jar ring pumpkin is an adorable fall craft that can be completed in under ten minutes. This is where you will find the original design. 🙂
I knew I wanted to create some kind of pumpkin project, and when I saw my canning jar ring wreath that’s been hanging on the back of the front door, (you know, since CHRISTMAS), I got a brilliant idea.
Well, I thought it was brilliant, but you might think it’s lame. Whatever.
I figured, the shape and texture are perfect, why not turn it into a cute little junky pumpkin?
To make the wreath, you just get a bunch of canning jar lids and string them together, tying the string tightly. The original idea came from Funky Junk Interiors.
All of the lids should be the same size.
I just stuck some cinnamon sticks in the center, and added a couple of burlap leaves.
It seriously took me about three minutes.
I thought about spray painting it white or orange, but I actually like the rustic quality of the tarnished gold and silver lids.
What do you think? Totally brilliant?or Totally lame?
UPDATED: Thank you so much to all of my wonderful readers and friends who voted in the Country Living Pinterest Pumpkin contest. I still can’t believe that I won. Also, a huge thank you to Country Living Magazine!!!
I’m so thrilled you all love this pumpkin so much. I’d love it if you would follow along on Facebook so you won’t miss any future projects!
If you would like to share this project, or plan to make your own, please do not use my photos without permission. Also, if you share your own, I would really appreciate a link back to the original. Thanks!
I ♥ it! What a unique, clever idea! Awesome! I shared on my blog with a link back to you! I’m happy to be your newest follower and would love for you to stop by for visit! Blessings ~ Judy
Wish I hadn’t thrown out all my nasty canning rings earlier in the summer. Now the ones I have look a little too clean to use, but I’m going to make it anyway.
I actually really like this! AND, I like it just how it is, non-painted. Brilliant, easy, fun idea! I will have to try this!
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Thanks for sharing your craftiness!
Brilliant!! I’m going to make one this afternoon!! I think I’ll use green for the leaves tho…. pretty sure I dont have any extra burlap, but I have tons of scrap fabric!!
Love this!!! Shared it on my “Home made is a lost art” FB page!!! I think the members will love this idea!!!
very simple very cool! I shared this awesome idea on my pintrest
Thanks Colojunkett
That is so lovely! I would love for you to post it on my craft link party…..SHOW-licious Sunday Craft Showcase. Just follow this link! 🙂
http://sewliciousdecor.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/sunday-craft-showcase-3.
I would love for you to link up and add my site to your blog party’s so we can share crafts. The link for the code is:
http://sewliciousdecor.wordpress.com You can grab the code on my sideboard, I was not able to leave the code here for you. 🙂
Super cute and beautiful. Found you through Country Living Magazine and Pinterest. I pinned the pumpkin and shared it on my Facebook page. I’d love for you to link up to the blog hop as well on Wednesdays if you can. I think my readers would just adore seeing this and not all of them are on Facebook. Congratulations on the win! I am your newest follower :)~Melissa
This really is brilliant.
I will put it on my pinterestboard: Wreaths
Groetjes Gery
Oh, oh, little mistake!!!
On the board: Have to try this.
Gery
i can’t wait to get home and do this!!! FAN-TASTIC!! Thanks!!
O.M.G- I just keep letting out a little shriek of joy whenever i pass my pumpking! Really, this was utter brilliance! You GO, girl!! THANK you!!!
Totally brilliant
how did you tie them together???
Brilliant idea!
Just wanted to let you know that I’m featuring this post in a fall decor compilation post I’ve put together on my blog! For the past couple weeks I’ve been gathering some great ideas for fall decor and I loved this! ~mysnippetsofinspiration.com Hope you have a great day!
Love, love, love your Junkie Pumpkin, brilliant idea! We would love to have you share this at our Saturday Link Party. Each link will be shown on two blogs, Made From Pinterest and Bakerette! It starts Fridays at 3pm, hope we see you there!
Please remember to put a link back to Made From Pinterest at the bottom of your post(s).
Just found this…so adorable. Where the heck can you pick up all those rings?
This is genius and I can’t wait to make one! I featured it today on my Friday Favorites 🙂
~Katie @ Upcycled Treasures
I just linked to this on my Facebook page.
This is ingenious! I am making one as soon as I am finished typing this comment. It doesn’t need spray paint as the various colors of the rings give it a unique and interesting look. Thank you.
Hello, thank you for sharing your tutorial. I love the idea. I found a box full of mason jars last weekend at a yard sale and I was looking for some ideas to use them for crafts. And I stumbled upon your blog. I have included a link to your page from mine. I do hope that is ok. If not please let me know I will have it removed. Thank you again for the great post! http://dailydiylife.blogspot.com/2014/07/coolest-mason-jar-crafts.html
Kind regards,
Heather
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Brilliant! How did you keep the lids together? Did you use glue? I want to make this for sure! I love it!! Not lame AT ALL !
I think this is awesome!
I actually made this and painted it orange, added some fake leaves and flowers, along with the cinnamon stick and actually was able to sell them at a local festival for $10.00 a piece. thank you for the Idea and giving me the inspiration to take them a little farther to make my daughters clogging group some money.
where do u buy the canning rings
Kathy, you can get them at craft stores or even Target.
I saw this and thought it was so cute but when I tried to make it it didn’t turn out. I still have all of my orange painted jar rings in a pile I could not get them to fit together correctly in a circle. What is the secret? What did you tie them together with? I was so frustrated.
Hi Charlotte. Sorry to hear you were having trouble. Make sure you have all the rings facing the same direction and arrange them one on top of the other on some twine or ribbon. Then tie the ends of the twine together. If it’s not working, you might need more or fewer rings.
I love this idea! I use my mason jars to store things and for photos and have a ton of those rings that I never use- this is the perfect little craft for fall, I can’t wait to make one!
I’m obsessed with these pumpkins – SO CUTE!!
What an incredibly cute and clever idea. I want to buy mason jars just for the lids to make this. So different! I’m sure I could figure out a purpose for all of the mason jars. Thanks for sharing !
So precious! I love stuff upcycled from the unexpected! Thanks for sharing at the #findingfall link up!
This is such a great idea! SOOO cute 🙂
While this is cute, these rings are the things I use over and over. Any ideas for the lids that we can’t re-use and that pile up a lot for those of us who are canning regularly?