I needed some decorations around my shop for Hallowe'en so I decided to make some wood pumpkins. With orange paint actually called 'Orange You Happy,' I painted a few 10' pieces of 1' x 4' spruce strapping. Then some of it was ripped into half to make some thinner boards, and all of it was sanded and then coated with either grey or brown stain. I curved the edges of some pieces with my jigsaw to make a pumpkin shape.
Each one is a bit different than the other, but they are 12'-20' high and 14'-18' wide. I alternated between the grey stained and brown stained pieces and attached them with my nail gun to a few cross pieces. At the bottom I sat a 2' x 4' and nailed that there to give a base to hold up the pumpkin. I used a scrap piece of old barnboard for the stem.
They all sit outside my shop when it's open.
