Get into the fall spirit with our step-by-step tutorial on making felt ball pumpkin earrings. Learn how to create your own autumn accessories.
Felt ball pumpkins might be the cutest fall pumpkin craft I have ever made.
You take a felt ball, some embroidery floss, and a needle, and turn an ordinary felt ball into the cutest, most delicate little pumpkin ever.
Glue on a tiny stick stem, and you've got a fall treasure.
Today, we are going to turn felt ball pumpkins into a pair of DIY earrings for Fall!
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Why You'll Love This Craft
- You get to make tiny felt ball pumpkins first, which is such a fun craft project! You're going to love it.
- These felt ball pumpkins look more complicated than they really are. They are dainty, intricate, and guaranteed to make people notice, plus they're really easy to make!
- You'll be all set with the perfect pair of earrings for Fall (and Halloween too!)
Craft Supplies Needed
- Felt Ball Pumpkins - Made using our awesome felt ball pumpkin tutorial!
- Eye Screws - These eye screws are how you will attach the earring hooks to the felt pumpkins.
- Super Glue - You could use a tiny dab of hot glue if you don't have super glue, but I used super glue so I could be more precise.
- Earring Hooks - I used simple silver fish hook style earring hooks. They are the easiest to work with for this type of earring tutorial.
- Pliers - Jewelry pliers work best, but any small-sized pliers would work too.
How to Make Felt Ball Pumpkin Earrings
Step 1. Screw an eye screw into the top of a felt ball pumpkin.
Add a tiny dab of super glue where the base of the eye screw meets the felt ball, to help secure it in place.
Step 2. Use jewelry pliers to open up the earring hook's bottom loop, and slip the eye screw into the earring hook.
Step 3. Close the earring hook's loop up tight using the pliers.
Step 4. Repeat for the second earring.
You've made a pair of DIY fall earrings to go with your favorite fall outfit!
Common Questions
I like to use 20mm felt balls because they are the perfect size - not too small and not too big. I buy them on Amazon, but you can also find them on Etsy, Ebay, and maybe even at big box craft stores. They come in dozens of colors and can be used for so many different projects like felt ball acorns, felt ball garlands, and felt ball ornaments just to name a few!
In this tutorial, I used the fish hook style of earring back. They have a loop at the bottom of each one which makes it very easy to attach the eye screw and the felt pumpkin to it. If you wanted to experiment with stud backs, you could try gluing felt pumpkins onto earring stud backs to see what that would look like too! (Send me a picture if you try it!)
You can wear them throughout the Fall season, and field all the comments people are going to exclaim your way! The pumpkin earrings also make great gifts (so fun as a teacher's gift!).
Handmade pumpkin earrings are great for the pumpkin patch, apple orchard, or even for Halloween!
Kids love them too, so they're a fun idea for teachers to make and wear during the fall season!
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How to Make Felt Ball Pumpkin Earrings
Materials
- Felt Ball Pumpkins Made using our felt ball pumpkin tutorial.
- Eye Screws
- Super Glue
- Earring Hooks
- Pliers
Instructions
- Screw an eye screw into the top of a felt ball pumpkin.Add a tiny dab of super glue where the base of the eye screw meets the felt ball, to help secure it in place.
- Use jewelry pliers to open up the earring hook's bottom loop, and slip the eye screw into the earring hook.
- Close the earring hook's loop up tight using the pliers.
- Repeat for the second earring.You've made a pair of DIY fall earrings to go with your favorite fall outfit!
Notes
- 20mm felt balls work best to make felt ball pumpkins - not too big and not too small.
- You can make these felt ball pumpkin earrings in the traditional orange color, or try something different like white, maroon, or brown.
- These pumpkin earrings are perfect for the whole fall season, and make fantastic teacher's gifts!
Beth
Super cute and they look so easy, Laura!
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