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DIY Dollar Tree Pumpkin Picture Frames

September 19, 2018 by Bre 2 Comments

Fall is my favorite season for Dollar Tree crafts and makeovers, so when I saw their fresh crop of fall arrivals, I suddenly felt inspired to get dollar store crafty. (You might like my Dollar Tree Pumpkin Sign Project or Candy Corn Topiary, too!) 

I purchased a couple of their fall pumpkin chipboard decorations (NOTE: even though this post was written in 2018, Dollar Tree currently has these same decorations in the 2021 season and I linked them in the supply list!), and knew I could turn them into something cuter and more personal – DIY pumpkin picture frames, to be precise! 

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

Supplies Needed to Create Dollar Tree Fall Pumpkin Picture Frames

  • Chipboard pumpkin decorations from Dollar Tree
  • Acrylic paints in colors of your choice (I used cream, beige, and orange)
  • Paint brushes
  • Dollar Tree fall ribbon
  • Scissors
  • Twine
  • Raffia
  • Hot glue gun and hot glue

How to Create Dollar Tree Fall Pumpkin Picture Frames

Begin by ripping off the decorative accent portions of the chipboard pumpkins (for example, the raffia and the chipboard flower and/or pumpkin).  Once those are off, rip off the printed layer of the chipboard.  This came off easily!  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

Next, paint the pumpkins whatever color you like.  I went for a white pumpkin look, so I used a cream acrylic paint and then added some beige lines to give the pumpkins a bit of dimension.  I then painted the stand portion of the project orange.  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

After the paint dried, I tied ribbon and raffia around the top of each pumpkin for some cute detail and color.  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

Then I wrapped twine around the top and bottom portions of each pumpkin and hot glued it to the back of each pumpkin.  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

When the hot glue dried, the pumpkin frames looked like this.  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

Super cute, but even cuter once I added pictures of my kids at the pumpkin patch, and my dog posing with a pumpkin.  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

The twine holds the photos in place, and these little Dollar Tree pumpkin frames are the perfect spot to display fall themed photos!  

So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

It doesn’t get much easier than this, so I’d appreciate it if you would pin this project on Pinterest to help others find it!  So cute! Transform Dollar Tree pumpkin decorations into adorable pumpkin picture frames that are perfect for displaying fall photos! #dollartree #dollartreecrafts #dollartreedecor #fallcrafts

Will you be heading to Dollar Tree to find some of these chipboard pumpkins to transform into pumpkin picture frames?

Filed Under: Crafts, Dollar Tree, Fall and Halloween, Holiday

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  1. Deena says

    September 21, 2022 at 11:58 am

    Did the pumpkin stand come with the pumpkin or separate? I love this idea as I’m not too much into “what nots” but I love seasonal ones. Thank you for posting this idea! 😊

    Reply
    • Bre says

      October 18, 2022 at 1:15 pm

      Hi, Deena! So sorry for my delayed response! Yes, the stand is right there on the pumpkin! :-).

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