I bought a bunch of these pumpkins from the dollar tree a couple years back. Then I decided they looked, well, like they came from the Dollar Tree. lol So, I never did anything with them.
That is until I was shopping in JoAnn's one day and saw some gorgeous, glittery pumpkins, which I refused to pay for! Then I remembered..the crappy dollar store ones. So, I decided to upgrade my pumpkins! If you typically do crafting and DIY you'll likely have most of the items needed on hand.
Glitter Pumpkin
I gave each pumpkin a quick wipe down and sprayed it with primer. Once that dried I followed with the white paint. It looked better already! To get my line straight all the way around, I used a pencil resting on a baby block while I turned the pumpkin to draw the line. You can use anything that's an even surface and the desired height.
Now the BEST part! Simply tape around the pumpkin and apply a thin layer of mod podge
Once all your coats are completely dry, slowly remove the painters tape! I decided to do one more step and paint the lines of the pumpkin with a gold paint marker. Mostly because you could still see my pencil line above the glitter! haha!
I had all of the materials on hand, so this only cost me a buck for the pumpkin itself!
If you're interested in the candy corn glitter mug, you can order one here!
Studded Pumpkin
I picked up some pretty GOLD push pins at the Dollar Tree. This pumpkin cost me $2 (1 for the pumpkin and 1 for the studs!). The box comes with 300 push pins and that was MORE than enough for this project!
These pumpkins have ugly lines going down the sides where the 2 halves are connected. So, I started by filling the lines with a full row of studs.
I started to just go along the indentions of the pumpkin, but they aren't symmetrical...so I just chose the placement of the additional stud lines myself.
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Silhouette "Fall" Pumpkin
I designed the "Fall" with some leaves in my silhouette studio software. Then I just cut it out on some gold vinyl
This one is so cute and simple! You can achieve the same thing by printing your design and using a xacto knife to cut it out if you don't have a silhouette machine.
If you'd like to download the free silhouette template for this pumpkin, click here!
Here's the template as a simple image in case you'd like to print it out and cut it the old fashioned way. Just right click the image and save it to your computer.
I love that you can customize these ANY way you like!
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