DIY Pumpkin Tower

I made two pumpkin towers that stand beside my front door. They have LED's behind them for an eerie glow at night!

The price was right and the sights are nice!

Drill

Drill Bit

3- 10ft pieces of PVC pipe ( beige kind ) (smaller diamter pipe)

High Temp hot glue gun

Glue sticks

12- Plastic pumpkins and/or plastic skulls

6- PVC tee

12 - PVC couplers

Waterproof LED's

Zip Ties

Snips, Scissors, or sharp knife

PVC Pipe Cutter

Step 1:

Drill two holes into the bottom of the pumpkins as shown. Try to make sure they are all drilled into the same spot so they line up easily when the PVC pipe is inserted.

****Do this step before cutting the pumpkins in half!! I tried to drill them after and it was very hard because the plastic pumpkins lost much of its rigidity****

Step 2:

Cut pumpkins in half with your tool of choice. I used right-angle tin snips after trying to use an exacto and a razor knife. Using the tin snips gave the edge a nice and clean finish.

• Wear gloves
• Cut Slowly

Step 3:

Cut the PVC pipe with pipe cutters to the desired length you want. I used 8ft and had some left over to build the feet with. Once the pipe is cut, slide the pumpkins onto the pipe. I alternated the pumpkin half with the face and then the back to keep it even.

Step 4:

Once the pumpkins are slid on the pipe, line them up and start to glue them together with a high temp glue gun. I had to re-glue all of them with the high temp because the regular glue gun didnt secure them well enough. I glued them all around the base and where the pipe slides through. I topped the towers with a couple of skulls I had laying around also. After everything is glued, I started to work on the feet. I used the leftover pieces to create a base. I used the TEES and the Couplers to make this happen. I did not glue them together.

Step 5:

Now it is time to add the LEDs. I used zip ties to secure the LEDs to the PVC pipe every 12" or so. Dont' zip them too tight because it can damage the LEDs. At first, I faced the LEDs towards the pumpkins face as shown in the picture. I had to redo them later to face the opposite way when there was nothing for the light to bounce off of. Make sure that you leave the connections at the bottom so you can easily make the connection to your power source.

Step 6:

Now you can carry your tower to its' location. The tower would not stand alone by itself so I had to secure it to the lights next to my door. Please secure it so it will not fall and hurt someone. Run your lights to the power outlet and plug it in to see all of your hardwork in its glory!!

We also used the towers next to our outdoor screen for Halloween movie night! The only thing that I really didn't like about the project was that you can see the PVC pipe when the lights were on. It still is a success in my book and it was really cheap to create! Thanks for checking out my Instructable and have fun creating !!