I decided to do a last minute pumpkin painting project and thought I would post it just in time for Halloween to give you ideas for next year! So here’s my DIY designer pumpkins!  I had several sizes and wanted to do something decorative and festive so I checked out some ideas on line. Although very untraditional ~ I decided to go with turquoise, gold, and white, to go with my office area which is light turquoise. Here are some supplies you will need to start: pumpkins, small craft paints and maybe spray paint, brushes, newspaper or plastic cloth to protect table, latex gloves (optional), wax paper, paper towels and glitter.

My mom and I pulled out our small bottles of paints that can be purchased at Michaels, A.C.More, or Joanns. We didn’t really have a plan~ but after cleaning all the dirt off of the pumpkins, we sprayed (in the garage) a couple with gold spray paint. We decided on some drips, so we added some water to thin the white and turquoise ~ then dripped white over the gold, and blue over the white pumpkin. You can use a small paint bush or an old chopstick to help control the drips. Before the drips dried ~ I sprinkled on some white glitter. Then I painted one of the pumpkins turquoise mixed with metallic white. After it dried I used some gold glitter paint to lightly brushed the white and turquoise, and the solid turquoise. I added some little gold dots to one of the small ones. I placed them on wax paper to dry so they didn’t stick to anything.  It didn’t take very long and I really like the results.

The are very different, but look cool. You could use any size pumpkins and any color to go with your decor. Look for twisty long stems for added Interest. Hopefully you’ll start your project a bit sooner than I did! Happy Halloween!