Here's how to make a pumpkin arch for your Halloween porch

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Halloween pumpkin arch

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The video offers a clear, step-by-step tutorial for a visually impressive DIY Halloween decoration, making it highly shareable and saveable for viewers looking for seasonal inspiration.

Summary

This video provides a tutorial on how to create a DIY Halloween pumpkin arch for a front porch. It details the steps involved, from building the PVC frame and painting pumpkins to attaching them with zip ties and adding decorative elements like garlands and fairy lights.

Structure

1Build the PVC frame
2Paint and prepare pumpkins
3Attach pumpkins to the frame
4Add garlands and lights
5Finish porch decorations
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DIY Pumpkin Arch for Halloween🎃Everything is in my LTK! Should i bring the pumpkin arch back this year?! Sharing details below on how we built our halloween pumpkin arch for our porch✨👻Follow along to see how I decorate this year + head to @Mallory Lee Richardson page to see how she styled hers! Share & share with a halloween-loving friend✨ Supplies for the arch: * (3) 10 ft. 1-inch PVC pipes * (2) PVC elbows to secure the PVC together * (2) 4-ft. rebar * zipties Paint colors used: * French beige, Rust-Oleum * Semi-gloss white, Rust-Oleum * Satin Cinnamon, Rust-Oleum Once your frame is built and secure, drill 2 holes in the back of each pumpkin. Thread your ziptie through and secure them to your PVC pipe. Add your garland and lights! • • #halloween2026 #halloweenporch #pumpkinarch #diypumpkindecor #halloweendecor halloween tutorial, outdoor decor

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Rust-Oleum Stops Rust Satin Protective Enamel (paint) - used to spray paint pumpkins; Valencia Pipe (brand of PVC pipe) - used to build the frame; Rebar - used to secure the PVC frame to the ground; Zipties - used to attach pumpkins to the frame; LED fairy lights - used to decorate the arch.

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pumpkin arch tutorial

Transcript

Here's how to make a pumpkin arch for your Halloween porch. First is making your frame. We used PVC pipe and cut it based on our measurement. We put two rebar on each side of the arch about a foot into the ground and then we just slid our PVC pipe over it. Then we slid our PVC pipe frame over. Before attaching any pumpkins, I like to lay everything out first. It just helps me make sure I have enough pumpkins. I also labeled each pumpkin to know exactly where every color is going to go. For this year's color palette, I spray painted pumpkins taupe, white, dusty orange, and black. Drill two holes in the back of each pumpkin and thread a zip tie through each one. Then you're going to install each pumpkin and zip tie them tightly against the PVC pipe. Also to make this extra secure, we even took extra large zip ties to zip tie the PVC pipe to our column. Next, I used about eight black leaf garlands around the arch, weaving them in and around the pumpkins to fill everything out. My favorite part is adding fairy LED lights around the frame. Pro tip, it's easier to wrap these around the arch when it's dark outside so you can actually see where the lights are going. The lights come with a remote so you can easily turn them on and off and they even change color to match your Halloween vibe. Now I'm just finishing the rest of the porch, adding all the final touches to bring this whole Halloween vision together. I can't believe how this pumpkin arch turned out. It completely transformed our front porch and might be my favorite Halloween DIY yet. So what do y'all think? Should I bring the pumpkin arch back this year? Save this video and make sure you follow along to see how I decorate this season!