DIY Glitter Pumpkins

So I thought I'd do a little something different this week, even though it is a day or two late.  I'm including guest blogger, and daughter,  Maddie's post on glitter pumpkins.  We have 2 of them on our front porch and they look great. Also unlike carved pumpkins they don't rot. What could be better.  So maybe tuck this one away for next year or think of other outdoor items you can put glitter on. 

Enjoy and also check out Maddie's blog at http://classyandclever.blogspot.com/ . 

Pumpkins are the quintessential fall decoration. This pumpkin is even cuter than your everyday plain orange pumpkins. And what, may you ask makes this pumpkins better? Why glitter of course! It makes a fun decoration that add a little something to every area it occupies. I got the idea from this pinterest post. This was so easy to make, and with so little supplies needed, it makes the perfect decoration. So enough about how cute this is, here the instructions.

Materials:

• Pumpkins (I chose a medium size)
• Glitter
•  Spoon
• Spray adhesive or mod podge 
• Small paintbrush (if using mod podge)
• Cardboard or newspaper

How to:

Get all of your supplies together so you don't forget anything.

Lay down the cardboard or newspaper so you don't make mess. I 

used a broken down vineyard vines box for this. You also might want to think about making these outside because it does make a considerable amount of a mess.

Grab your pumpkin and tape. Tape the stem of the pumpkin up so you don't get any glitter on it. It doesn't really matter what type of tape you use, just make sure that you can easily take it off when you're done. 

                       

Take the spray adhesive just spray it on the pumpkin where you want the glitter. It doesn't dry right away so you can spray the whole top right away or just do it in little sections.

                    

Use the spoon to help control the amount of glitter you put on the pumpkin at a time. I didn't do to good of a job at the control part, but it did help me keep the glitter confined to the area I wanted it. 

                        

As you can see, glitter is all over the place so just fold up the paper and put the glitter back into the container so it isn't all wasted. My glitter is going into an old medicine container because it's our "mixed glitter" container.

Now the pumpkin is almost done, all you have to do is take off the tape and it's done!

                    

It took me about 20 minutes to do this whole thing and it is totally worth it! This is probably the best pumpkin that I have made in a long time!

Happy Halloween!

xoxo,

Maddie