Dollar Store Basket Pumpkin Light

Fall is here.  At least I think it is....  I'm not sure with the weather we've been having where I live.  But anyway, I have been wanting to making something using only dollar store supplies for a while now.  All the times I've gone in the dollar store, nothing has inspired me--that is, until last week.
I saw two round baskets in the floral section and those little lights you put in Christmas houses in the Christmas section, and inspiration struck!  I purchased those, along with some silk fall leaves.  Krylon Pumpkin orange paint from Walmart was my final purchase.  (Too bad the dollar store doesn't sale Krylon because I would single-handedly keep mine in business!)

Disregard the yarn.  I didn't end up using it.

The first thing I did was cut a slit in the side of one of my baskets for the light to fit in.  I didn't leave the light in it because I had to spray it, but I made sure it fit.  I had some Kilz primer at home, so I sprayed the inside and outside of my baskets with it to make sure the regular spray paint would stay on it.  I also had some yellow Krylon spray at home, so I sprayed the inside of the baskets with it.

After both baskets were primed and the insides sprayed, I used some wire and pliers I had to wire the baskets together.

I threaded the wire through the edges of the baskets at four different points and twisted it to hold the baskets together.  Then I sprayed the basket contraption orange.  After it dried, I put the light in the hole I had previously made.

As anyone knows, a pumpkin has to have a stem.  I had some branches my sister used for wedding decor, so I cut a bunch of 2 1/2" pieces and glued them together.

I also used some floral wire I had to make vines.  I wrapped the wire around a marker to make the vines curly.

I hot glued all of that to the top of my orange baskets.  I glued a couple of the leaves I bought from the dollar store to the top too.  Then, voila, a pumpkin light!

 It looks good sitting around.

And it especially looks good all lit up!

The neat thing is that it cost me less than $5 to make.  (I didn't count the full price of the spray paint because I only used a little bit of it, and I didn't count the supplies I had on hand.)  I'd say that's a great price for a fun piece of seasonal decor! :)