How to Make Scented Twine Mini Pumpkins

Here’s how to make scented twine mini pumpkins
for place cards for your Thanksgiving table,
trim a gift or just sit around smelling good.

In this post we shared our favorite ways to get the scent of fall into the kitchen.

Today’s little pumpkin DIY is a fun way to use cinnamon sticks to add more fall goodness to those scents.

Jute twine: gotta always have it in a country girl’s stash, and not just for fall. I keep a roll of jute twine on my craft desk, along with bakers twine in colors and basic white. Twine is essential for all sorts of things. Wrapping around a gift. Tying around a jar neck. Hanging tags from stuff.

And today, making mini pumpkins.

Let’s roll…

(the twine, that is.)

Scented Twine Mini Pumpkin DIY

What you need:

• Jute twine*
• 8 Twist ties or floral wire*
• Cinnamon sticks*
• Twirly vines and leaves from your stash or outdoors
• Scissors, glue gun

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Directions:

1. Strip the plastic from your twist ties, or cut 8 – 3″ pieces of floral wire.
2. Each mini pumpkin is made up of 6 sections of rolled twine. Roll the twine around a 1.25″ square of cardboard (or stiff sponge, like I did). Make twelve wraps, cut, then attach together with a twist tie or a piece of floral wire.
3. Poke a fourth twist tie through three twine bundles at the wires. Attach the three twine bundles together to make half a pumpkin. Do this twice, to make each side of the pumpkin.
4. Hot glue the cinnamon stick next to the wires where the bundles are attached.
5. Hot glue the other half of the pumpkin to the first half, with the cinnamon stick tucked in the middle for a stem. If the cinnamon stick doesn’t put out enough scent, scratch it or sand it to release the scent again. If it’s still blah, add a couple of drops of cinnamon essential oil over it. It’s okay if the twine gets some oil on it.
6. Decorate the stem with twirly vines and leaves. You can also use twirled wire or raffia for your tendrils.

Ideas to use your Scented Twine Mini Pumpkins

• Place cards for your Thanksgiving table:
  Tie a tag* with the names to the stems of your mini pumpkins.
• Use for a “bow” on a wrapped Holiday gift. You could use a tag on this for identification, too.
• Use as a shelf sitter in your kitchen, on your coffee bar or table décor.
• Wrap a mini pumpkin around each bulb on a string of lights. The warmth from the lights will enhance the cinnamon scent.
• Make several sizes of pumpkins. Wrap the twine around three and/or four fingers. Use a longer cinnamon stick to stabilize the extra height of the pumpkin.
• Add battery operated tea lights inside the mini pumpkins.

The Best Ever Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bread

Today we’re baking some mini loaves this recipe for food gifts: for the g’littles teachers, plus a young couple with a new baby (born Sunday!).

Just for your convenience we’ll include the recipe again, because you will want to make this bread. It is unbelievably amazing.