Thread: Pumpkin Patch ideas needed

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For those of you with a pumpkin patch, I'm thinking about adding one this year. (So what it doesn't fit my haunted hoedown theme). I've never had one before and I was wondering what everybody put in theirs. The only things I come with are of course: Pumpkins (real, fake, lighted, carved, etc.), JOL's, maybe some greenery like vines, and a sign. Possibly some lights? What am I missing? Maybe a scarecrow and birds? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks.

How about some hay bales.

ChrisW's cutouts would look pretty cute in any pumpkin patch..

We had a haunted pumpkin patch last year and I did Pumpkinrot's Johnny Appleseed scarecrow for it that turned out great. We carved around 30 pumpkins for the patch and had this bad boy as the main attraction: Bad Seed Creature Reacher Costume
Had our pumpkins lit on lots of hay bales, covered in vines, etc.

I did a small pumpkin patch a couple of years back ... here's a pic



Pumpkins, straw, vines, autumn leaves, corn stalks. A small rickitty fence, a sign (with Spider and web) and of course the scarecrow.

All that was missing was a crow or two

Definately need a crow. Would people see the patch close up?

How about some old garden tools? A broken wagon (wooden) or Wagon wheel. Corn stalk bales, dried holiday corn cobs, hay, hay bales, vines...if you have trees in the patch...how about moss hanging out of the trees, crows, maybe an owl in a tree. Spider web(s), 'scare crow - a must', old fence.

I did an indoor pumpkin patch one year and made a tree in the corner, hung vines from tree across the ceiling and allowed the ends to drape. Then added the items above and a ghost.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions and pictures.

Jackie - I could do it either way. I have plenty of areas in the yard to choose from and I could make it either a walk by, or a walk through.

Charlie Brown and the gang. You can check out my website for some pictures.

Definitely a scarecrow and some crows. And if you are thinking about a walk through/by, make the scarecrow out of clothes/mask that a person could put on, let the neighbors get used to seeing it there, then on Halloween night, put a live person in the clothes and let them talk, move, jump out at people...we did that one year and it was HILARIOUS, you could hear the screaming all over the street!!