Pumpkins are the staple of every Halloween. The glowing faces of orange Jack-o-lanterns line the front steps of each home along each street. A nostalgic piece that goes far back in history and will make its annual appearance for years to come! Spooky!
They sure don’t seem to last long, do they? Seems like these days, so many people start decorating earlier and earlier. Of course I have had my pumpkins since late September. A carved pumpkin certainly wouldn’t last an entire month! Well it might, but it would look and smell ghastly! (hmm…a frightening project for another Halloween? Nah!)
Oh the dilemma!
The solution: The infamous Mod Podge and paper!
I’ve acknowledged over the years that nothing lasts forever. But I surely have control over making my pumpkins last until the Christmas season when I decide that their visit in my house has expired. Good bye! Farewell! Au revoir!
The second I see pumpkins for sale, I immediately stock up! Big ones, mediums ones and even those cute tiny ones all have a place in my home.
I usually draw festive designs on them with various paint colors and strongly maintain them as my “Halloween Pumpkins” for the given year.
This year, I wanted to try something different. I had some leftover furniture paint (perhaps a blog for later) that is absolutely amazing! My orange pumpkin was soon a cozy shade of gray. Did I want to continue any further? I almost didn’t! It looked really nice with just the gray alone. Classic!
However, I had already make the decision how my project was going to look. And I’d already started this project with the idea that I was going to make a Mod Podge pumpkin for a blog. So I persevered!
Onward to the craft room! There it was. . .my cache of Halloween dies I’d collected over the years and my die cutting machine. Hello my pretties!
I grabbed some basic black card stock and got to cutting out as many Halloween shapes as my arm would allow me to churn out!
Phase one: complete!
Now for the gray pumpkin!
Items required: A foam brush and a jar of Mod Podge—gloss was my preference today.
The Procedure: Brush some Mod Podge onto the area of the pumpkin that will receive the die cut, place the die cut onto the area and brush more Mod Podge onto the top of the die cut. Repeat all around the pumpkin until satisfied. Then let dry.
Not bad! But wait! There’s more!
Drops! Glitter drops, Crystal drops—all kinds of drops are invited to this party! I added a confetti pattern of drops all over the pumpkin to complete the project and then added it to my arsenal of pumpkins wait for their turn!
And there you have it folks! My Halloween pumpkin that will last for weeks to come until I decide it is time for it to be on its way! Thanks for reading!
