How to Decorate With Corn Stalks

Corn stalks are useful in decorating for autumn.

Many homeowners like to decorate their homes, yards and porches to reflect each season, and autumn provides a bounty of colors and different items to use. Decorating with corn stalks is not just for Halloween anymore. Homeowners decorate with corn stalks during the entire fall season, and the popularity has prompted breeders to raise corn stalks with red and other colorings, according to the Coldwell Banker website.

Things You'll Need

• Twine or florist wire
• Corn stalks
• Gourds, Indian corn or pumpkins
• Autumn leaves
• White Christmas lights
• Sharpened stake or yardstick

Instructions

1. Tie twine around a grouping of upright corn stalks and your front porch post or a light pole in your yard, as suggested by Thanksgiving World.

2. Soak a couple of corn stalks in room-temperature water for about half an hour to make them pliable. Drain them well, and bend them into a circular shape. Attach twine or florist wires to hold the shape. Decorate your new corn-stalk wreath with small gourds, autumn leaves and miniature Indian corn after it is completely dry.

3. Fill a bushel basket with hay and stack a few corn stalks in the middle, pressing the hay firmly so that the stalks will not lean. On top of the full basket, add colorful autumn leaves, a few colorful gourds or pumpkins. Twine a string of white Christmas lights around your corn stalks, place the basket near an outdoor electrical outlet, and plug it in.

4. Stack hay bales in your front yard, and place a few upright corn stalks at one corner. Sharpen a yardstick or a stake, and press it into the soil against the stalks. Tie the stalks on the post with twine or florist wire.

References

• Coldwell Banker: Just for Show-- Fall Decorating Relies on Veggies
• Thanksgiving World: Thanksgiving Lawn Decorations

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish