White Pumpkins for Fall Wedding Décor

Decorating for a fall wedding naturally lends itself to the use of pumpkins in the décor. If  you are looking for something a little more elegant and unique than orange pumpkins, you might want to consider using white pumpkins either instead of or paired with orange ones.

White pumpkins are easy to decorate with because you can decorate or paint them in just about any color to coordinate with your wedding color scheme.

For an outdoor wedding a beautiful scene can be created using white pumpkins as shown in the photo below.

White pumpkins also can be used instead of bowls to hold soup or other food items. They can be used as a focal point for buffet and to hold trays of food as shown in the second photo below. They look great as a holder for candles and as centerpieces and table décor.

As shown below, you can paint the white pumpkins to fit in to your wedding color scheme. The embellishments can go from simple paint to covered in dazzling sequins!

White pumpkins are a perfect substitute for pots and vases for fall flowers for centerpieces or wedding ceremony and reception décor.

White pumpkins can even be used as aisle décor for an outdoor fall wedding.

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Photo Credits:
Collage 1: Wedding Chicks, Southern Living, Your Cozy Home – Collage 2: Mom Designer, eHow, Lana Austin Motif, Chatelaine (Instructions Included), Perfectly Imperfect, Imperfectly Beautiful, Casa Sugar – Collage 3: Martha Stewart Weddings, WeddingBee, Eco-Beautiful Weddings, One Charming Party, Corner Paint – Inset Photo: Formal Fringe (Instructions Included) – First Photo and Last Photo: McKenzie Powell

How to Make Tissue Paper Pom-Poms

Tissue paper Pom-Poms add a festive flair to a wedding and reception. They are very easy to make and at a cost of under $5, you will get a lot of bang for your buck.

If you want to make decorative pom-poms, I’ve put together detailed instructions for you below.

I have found that they turn out looking great, even if you don’t do a perfect job of folding, cutting, etc.

Before you begin, you’ll need the following supplies:
1.  Sharp scissors to trim the ends of the pom-pom
2.  Cable ties, pipe cleaners,  floral wire or monofilament fishing line to secure the center of your “accordion stack”.
3.  Monofilament fishing line if you are going to hang your pom-pom
Cable ties, floral wire, and monofilament fishing line can be purchased online at places like Amazon or at a craft store.

Start with tissue paper approximately 20″ x 30″. The package
used in the instructions has 10 sheets and it makes a nice, full pom-pom.
It is from Exclusively Weddings, item #107-1710.

There are two ways to approach this project. One way is to open the stack all the way and start folding at the shorter side. Or the other choice is to leave one fold in the stack of tissues (as shown below) and start folding at the folded side, which is the approach shown here.

Starting at the folded side, fold the tissue in an accordion fold with each fold about one-and a half to 2 inches wide. The photo below is of a finished accordion stack.

The next step is to secure the folded tissue in the center of the accordion stack. Use a pipe cleaner, floral wire. monofilament fishing line or a cable tie. A cable tie was used below. If you are going to hang your pom-pom, go ahead now and attach the monofilament line to whatever you used to secure the center. Monofilament fishing line works well because it is somewhat invisible. Just tie the length you want to the cable tie. If you want to hang your pom-poms with something decorative, you can use ribbon.

After securing the tissue, trim each end, with scissors, in to a rounded shape or pointed shape, as shown below. Then start separating the first piece of tissue and pulling it away from the folded portion and continue doing this with all the pieces. The next three photos below show this step in process.

After all pieces have been pulled out, you can now adjust and fluff the pieces to get it “perfect”.

Voilà!  The finished Pom-Pom!

In this photo the pom-pom on the right was made following these instructions. The one on the left was made with the tissue paper opened out entirely. The one on the right is a little bit smaller and is shaped a ittle more like a flower.

See our blog post for lots of pictures and info about pom-poms and our Wedding Lanterns and Pom-Poms Pinterest Board, as well.

In case you want to print out the instructions, here are the instructions in an abbreviated format. 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask in our Comments section. I’ll be glad to help you!