Crafts :: DIY Decorative Halloween Pumpkins

 

 

Spiders, skeletons, spooky ghosts and pumpkins! That is what October is all about. I always try to do something fun with our pumpkins and this year I have decided to make them less scary and more decorative. I may even decide to keep them around until Thanksgiving, with minor adjustments of course.

Seasonal crafts can turn out to be pretty expensive but with a good eye you can make some that are more affordable.

What I like and look for are flowers and ribbons, pieces of fabric in colors I love.  And of course, I love to glitter too.

You will need:

• Fake craft pumpkins I bought mine at Michael’s here
• Bits and pieces of ribbons and flowers
• Glitter! The lose powder and/or glitter in a bottle with a fine tip already mixed with glue
• Elmer’s school glue
• Glue gun
• Sharpies
• Paint (if you want to change the color)

I painted my pumpkins with craft paint a rich ivory and a pewter grey.

I used the fine tip sharpie to add designs to my grey pumpkin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With all the bits and pieces of ribbon, lace and flowers I had, I could make two different bundles to glue on my pumpkins with the glue gun.

I had black glitter powder and mixed it with elmer’s glue to paint on. The glue dries clear so only the glitter will be visible.

Lots of glitter mixed with lots of glue. White glue visible when you are painting,

and clear when glue is dry.

With the glitter glue in the fine tip bottle I added more designs to the ivory colored pumpkin. I also added paper flowers.

and they are ready to sit outside, or inside.

 

Mine are outside on my porch, greeting my guests.

 

 

Have you started decorating for Fall yet?

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