DIY Fall Pumpkin Terrarium

Begin by spreading moss onto your cake stand. Keep the moss centered and relatively loose at this point. You can easily add more later. Tip: Choose a bright green moss (there are typically many hues available in the floral section of your local craft store) to add a fresh, vibrant foundation to your pumpkin patch.
Enjoy creating your own DIY domed pumpkin patch, but enjoy even more displaying it all season long.
Arrange your pumpkin picks on the moss. Feel free to move the moss aside and rest the pumpkins directly onto your glass cake stand to avoid making your pumpkin patch too tall for the dome.

Materials Needed:

• Clear glass cake stand + dome (aka “cloche”)
• Moss
• Pumpkin picks (number and size should be proportionate to your cake stand)
• Yellow leafy floral pick that resembles gingko leaves
• Tin snips (not shown)

How to create a beautiful fall terrarium:

The stem can be held in place nicely (and hidden better) when it’s tucked underneath one of the pumpkins, then covered with a little extra moss.

Step One: Add the moss

Try to get as close as you can to the bottom of your pumpkins with the tin snips so there is very little, if any, stem exiting the pumpkin.
If you have enough room in your now-mini stem, bend it so the stem will rest easily on the glass cake stand.

Step Two: Prep the pumpkin

Step Three: Add pumpkins

Step Four: Layer colors

(You can see here the added height and visual interest that the yellow floral stem leaves add to the pumpkin patch overall.)

Step Five: Arrange moss

Arrange the moss toward the center of your cake stand with enough space around the edge that the dome will fit easily.

Step Six: Leaves

It’s a good idea to opt for at least three different colors of pumpkin picks – orange, of course, and something lighter and something either darker or just plain different. This green squash here falls under the “different” category easily, which adds visual interest to the vignette.

This DIY is kind of like a fall-time terrarium…in which nothing will ever die. Interested? Good. Because this one’s so easy, you’re going to love it.

Thread your bent stem end into the moss somewhere along the side of your pumpkin patch so that the leaves will sort of drape over the pumpkins after the dome is placed.
And there you have it. Your own little fake pumpkin patch that aims to please, all season long.


Cut the stems off of your pumpkin picks using tin snips. 
Fall is such a warm, inviting, cozy time of year, and fall décor inherently reflects that. If you love the spicy warmth of pumpkin orange mixed with a little bit of crispness, you’re going to love creating your very own (faux) pumpkin patch in a dome.

Step Seven: Final Touches

Move any last bits of moss toward the center with your fingers to make room for the dome.
You could call it good at this point, but this example incorporates a little height by way of a golden yellow floral leaf stem. The leaves are round and flat and add a nice bit of height and color inside the dome. Cut a small piece off the stem.

Tip: Vary the size, shape, and color of your pumpkin/squash/gourd picks to tell a richer, more complete story of fall.

And, although the picks are fake pumpkins, the bed of bright green moss give the illusion of a fresh and bountiful harvest.

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The cake stand and dome create a beautifully contained, terrarium-esque vibe to this autumn vignette.

When the dome is placed, use your fingers or a spare piece trimmed off the picks to carefully swipe away any bits of moss that may have gotten caught under the dome.