Love, love this idea. I saw these in your newest post decorating your mom’s house & am so glad you referenced them!!

Nice project. I think my wife will like these. Couple suggestions. Drill small holes (1/8 in. or less) in all the higher parts of the pumpkin body to release air. Use the handle of your knife to tap/vibrate the upper sections.

I would use the plastic jack-o'-lantern with the strap on top like a pail. By the way the Pyrex measuring cup you are using is made in our sister company and printed where I work. I make corelle dinnerware in Corning, NY.

I want to do this... Kids in our neighborhood always kick and smash pumpkins. Imagine the look on their face when they kick the pumpkin and break a toe... I know, I'm mean lol

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

+Jazmine ThePuppy Payback! Haha! :)

@seapearltoo1

6 жыл бұрын

Or...they may just decide to throw it through your window! :(

@SuchaCaligrrl

6 жыл бұрын

Jazmine ThePuppy ok so that is very cruel, but freaking hilarious... 😈

@thinqaboutit5301

4 жыл бұрын

In my opinion...they have it coming...

@amykinder1458

3 жыл бұрын

Kick em stupid kids!

Reall enjoy watching your videos. You get straight to the point and speed up the process. Thank you.

@Bootthanoo

6 жыл бұрын

familiaserranoms amazing

These are gorgeous! Just a tip, don't forget safety glasses and gloves when you work with cement! A concrete sealer will prolong the life of your pumpkins, and there are stains for concrete, too.

That is such an awesome idea. You can also add color to the concrete before you add it to the mold.

I would suggest using cement rather than concrete. Cement doesn't have all the gravel and rocks in it so it would fill crevices better and be smoother. Just my two cents.

@keavinclark4859

3 жыл бұрын

All you have to do is tap the form when you're done and it will fill all cracks

@aaronmartinez9431

3 жыл бұрын

Moldy pumpkins

@keavinclark4859

3 жыл бұрын

Edan Robertson : cement with rocks is a better filler, it will hold up a million times better and your product will be stronger..... I work with cement on a daily basis.

Loved the pumpkin stepping stones you made. Never would of thought of that! Can't wait to do it.!

What a great idea. I'm glad you brought this calendar forward. I'm going to share this because we are going into fall now. Thanks again for posting.

I always wanted these but all were too complicated. This looks pretty easy. You’re so talented 🐝

Oh my gosh, these are wonderful!!! Never thought about this.

Oh I love this idea you can have them out all year

Love them!! I like the cement finish!!!

Love the look of these pumpkins what a good idea

What a wicked clever idea. I need to do this.

Wonderful video! I hope to try this. Thank you for sharing. I love all of your videos!

You Are One of THE BEST !!!!! Fall, my Favorite time of the Year !!! It’s mid August ant in 99 to 100 now !! In Thousand Oaks it seems Hot and Spring like in End of October clear to December !! Any who ! I try and psych myself out and decorate inside Fall and outside September to feel fall !!! We’re doing Saturday Must Do’s ! I’m in the car while my husbands getting a hair cut ! What he doesn’t know, We’re going to Home Depot when he comes to the Car !!! I Love this Idea ! Well Done! I can’t wait to make these and make Gifts !!!! Thank You so Much !!!!! Deb in California 🌸🐝🌸

This was so great! Thank you so much for posting this! I plan on giving this a try!!!

So good and so cleaver, well done

These are sooo cute !!! Love !!

Wow. Spectacular job.

This is a super cute idea! We have just moved to New Zealand and pumpkins aren’t in season on Halloween, so I’ll definitely being making some for new year ❤️

Great idea! I've been looking for outdoor pumpkins that will last and the only ones I've seen are quite pricey, these are so cute!

Great idea❣️They came out very nicely.👍

Loved this had to share

Adorable

Love them.

AMAZING Idea!!! Thanks for sharing:)

Love it , thank You !

Thank you, exactly what I was searching for. Going out to purchase paper machete pumpkins tomorrow. Bought real pumpkins this year, spoiled in 3 days on the porch, ugh. Never again.

wonderful, helpful video thank you

I really love your channel

Love this idea! So much:)

FABULOUS !!

Awesome idea

great idea!!

Really cute thanks.

Love it

you are so kind

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Great DIY love it! Also my plastic pumpkins blow off my porch from the wind, these concrete pumpkins won’t do that. Probably recommend using gloves as concrete is really drying of the skin. Love your channel, thank you for sharing your knowledge , such an inspiration !

Cool stuff

Very cute!!!

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

+Julie Powell Thank you so much! :)

Great project. I would just add some orange dye or paint it.

Could you support the paper pumpkin up side down in a flower pot and add the concrete through a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin?

Very clever

Love this approach. @Lily Ardor also has a quick, easy way to make them.

Cute!

That is such a great idea! I bet they would look incredible once moss and fungi and stuff starts taking over them in the garden. I hope it's not too late to try and find some of those paper mache pumpkins. Most places are already clearing out the Halloween decor.

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

+GummyTumor The more moss on these pumpkins, the better! It was a fun project, and have loved having mine out this year!

Cute idea

@gardenanswer

9 жыл бұрын

+Flower Power Thank you!!! I think I'm going to try it with hypertufa this year, to make them a little lighter! :) ~Laura

Cute idea!!

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

+Melanie Boudreau Thank you! I am going to try it out with hypertufa instead of concrete this weekend for a lighter weight version! :)

@sabrinasweeny

8 жыл бұрын

+Garden Answer I'm dying to see a tutorial on that!

I've really enjoyed watching your tutorials over the last few days. You are very creative.

pretty cool idea. I hate rotten pumpkins after Halloween

Would be cute to cut a stick and use as a stem.Very cute idea.

I would cut the top off the pumpkin and then pour in the cement. I would then fill the top I cut off and place the top on the other half of the pumpkin. You would need to securely tape the seam and let it cure.

cool

Add some powdered paint to your concrete...for some color.

@patursitti8297

5 жыл бұрын

Where do u buy powdered paint

Helen Wyatt is a KZreadr from Georgia. Cute little ol' gal who makes really kewl stuff with concrete. She has a video called "Portland Cement My little Pumpkins new way and acrylic painting" She knows her stuff, and they pumpkins are adorable!

@57jauar

3 жыл бұрын

Can you add a link?

So cool. Can you do Jack O' Lantern pumpkin?

On the top of the concrete pumpkin when you do the stem, get 3 pieces of straight rigid wire curl both ends push 3 in to the cement pumpkin leave about 1inch above for stem. then do stem, makes it good and strong. then paint them make sure you seal them up good, with the winter freeze on top will start to crack them. Then if you want to put 2 pieces of PVC through the mould where the eyes would be, when dry turn them out then 2 small lights through the back

@charlottegoforth2462

3 жыл бұрын

Making concrete pumpkins tomorrow, Thursday, Oct 1,2020. Anyone remember a recipe of water to concrete, plz? Thx so much. cgzone8

Can you do a pumpkin succulent project for fall this year?

Add dye to the concrete to colour🙂💙

Hahaha, this old video is a classic, those pumpkins, well, they speak for themselves...I don't think I have seen them ever in your garden/front steps etc. in all the other videos since this one 5 years ago!!!

Super cute, but I think I'm gonna try putting the concrete in a heavy duty plastic bag and use twine to create the lines so I don't have to buy the paper mache pumpkins.

This would be great using a hypertufa mixture so it wont be to heavy

@martinisworld2011

9 жыл бұрын

Like this

@gardenanswer

9 жыл бұрын

I agree, Johanna! It didn't even occur to me to use hypertufa at the time! :) Next time! ~Laura

@diannenaworensky6698

6 жыл бұрын

Garden Answer, where can you buy hypertufa?

@Imaginos9

6 жыл бұрын

You can buy all the stuff for hypertufa at a store like Home Depot. According to Home Depot you mix hypertufa yourself using: (mix dry parts thoroughly) 1.5 parts Sphagnum peat moss 1.5 parts Perlite 1 part Portland cement 1 part water (really just add water until it's clay/cottage cheese like) Doing a google search for hypertufa mix will show you some variations on the mixture and other ingredients you can use or substitute. For instance you may mix all 3 at a 1 to 1 ratio to be a bit stronger/more durable.

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Love your hair Laura it suits you.., hope to see you with a straight hair😊

Laura how heavy are they? Could you have used a hypertufs recipe to make these?

Very cute. It would be even better if they serve some more functions (not just for garden decoration). ^_^ How about an opening as fountain ?

You could’ve made a bigger hole to fill the pumpkin! It would’ve made fitting it a lot easier.

you can color your pumpkins with a color concrete additive as well.

@gardenanswer

9 жыл бұрын

+David Messina That would probably be much easier (and less messy) than staining afterwards, too!

cute :) try putting concretes in a mold like a plastic pumpkin pale from dollar tree

@seapearltoo1

6 жыл бұрын

Pail.

Use plastic pumpkins. And insert plastic cup to make hole for fillings. Spray both with cooking spray and cut off 20 hours later. Way cooler and easier. And you get a pumpkin face to go with it.

This may be a silly idea (as I am not very familiar with concrete) but could you simply "skimcoat" an artificial pumpkin to create a similar look? Would it be durable? Any masons out there with advice? 🤔🎃 Ps. LOVE your videos @gardenanswers!

Thanks for the great idea. How did the hypertufa pumpkin turn out?

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

It turned out great- much lighter than the concrete version! ;)

I was thinking can I use a Real pumkin emptied and dried, and fill it up with cement. I would probably have to cut it in half and stick it together with tape before filling it. Has anyone tried this?

Could you leave the stem on and cut a hole in the bottom to fill with concrete? That way the top of the form would be perfect.

@pammiesue7931

8 жыл бұрын

i tried it this way yesterday, come to find out the stem isn't hollow and stuffed with paper so now my pumpkin doesn't have a stem i'am going to try to make one like she did and hope it works out ok lol

@CCluff

8 жыл бұрын

How was it for you removing the paper mache pumpkin?

How about just sealing the outside of the pumpkins and then applying a thin coat of cement to the outside.

The paper mache pumpkins are kind of expensive. Would be nice to have a reusable mold! Also, what about using Quickrete so it sets up more quickly?

@bowler8

Жыл бұрын

use quickrete and panty hose and string

What did u do with your concrete pumpkins from 2 yrs ago?

Where did you find the tall pumpkin? All I can find are the short round ones?

any way do this real pumpkin? cool got ray villifane pumpkin had made cement. guess make mold for that though.

Hint: Wear gloves or the concrete will really dry out your hands! Concrete is very basic (+ pH) and isn't good for your skin! Great tutorial!!!!!

Great idea! Nice work! You really do need though to wear gloves and face mask to protect yr lungs due to dust which is harmful!

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Please use rubber gloves next time you work with concrete it has silica which can be absorbed by your skin i worked 3yrs with a concrete company and they always made sure we would use rubber gloves eye protection and wore a face mask so we won't breathe in the cement dust its called silicosis

I have seen someone use plastic pumpkins for mold.

you can use a plastic pumpkin ,,

would it be easier to use a funnel to put the cement in? You could make the funnel bottom a bit wider

@pammiesue7931

8 жыл бұрын

my concrete had so many rocks it wouldn't go down the funnel even with a widen bottom

Concret pumkin pots

Do u have frankincense trees ?

I just tried this project and wow, I'm having a hard time removing the paper mache. It's not coming off anywhere near as easily as yours does in the video. Did you put any kind of a release (like cooking oil/spray - I've seen people do that on plastic molds) on the inside of the pumpkin before you added the cement? My cured pumpkin is currently soaking in water and I'm hoping I'll be able to remove the mache that way. I used the same paper mache pumpkin from JoAnns.

@pammiesue7931

8 жыл бұрын

did it come off? i'am getting ready to make one, do you have any tips?

@CCluff

8 жыл бұрын

Hi. It did come off after soaking entire thing in bucket of water for several hours. Peeled it off in layers and then use a scrubby plastic dish washing thing at the end to get remaining papers off. It wasn't too bad. I used quick set cement, and I'm wondering if that's why.

@CCluff

8 жыл бұрын

It's very very heavy. I'm going to do hypertufa next time and I will spray inside of pumpkin with cooking oil (PAM).

Could you do this with hyperturfa instead of concrete?

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

+Laura Anderson Absolutely! In fact, when I do this again, I will use hypertufa instead. Much lighter!!! :)

hi its look nice but how you make a mold and it is beeter to colour it

Please protect your hands and use a face mask.............that dust is very dangerous to the throat and lungs. Nice work.

@gardenanswer

8 жыл бұрын

+ValerieLorna1 Thank you! :)

@darkzq

6 жыл бұрын

True but the pumpkins are more than two inches thick, so cement could crack and concrete is used. I plan on buying a cement and sand mix, than add perlite. You posted your comment a year ago, but your suggestions are welcome, because I also struggle with the rough look of concrete.

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Remember to wear gloves and safety glasses when working with concrete! Safety first!

@TheeOliFamily

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing! I just made concrete pumpkins (using the panty hose trick instead) and burned my fingers with the cement mixture. Cement burns are no joke.

Oh my gosh, I read about hypertufa in the comments! My imagination is going WILD!

@ashlynn3645

6 жыл бұрын

Paulette Daniels What in the heck and bob is hypertufa????????🤔

You should really wear gloves when working with concrete.