I needed pumpkins ….stat. That’s why I started painting fake pumpkins.
Do you know how hard it is to find pumpkins in August?
I needed them for the home tour and went into panic mode.
I did find, at the good old Hob lobs, Fall was 40% off. And they had lots of fake pumpkins. Orange pumpkins.
They were the right size and shape but wrong color. I was going to wing it.
So I hit the craft paint aisle, and started painting fake pumpkins to look just a bit more realistic!
The blue -grey pumpkin I primed in off white and then I coated with Folk arts’s Greenscape 2500 and then did a light dry brush of Folk art’s Sea mist.
The green pumpkin got several coats of Folk art’s Sap green and then dry brushed with Italian Sage
I even mixed them a bit when they were wet to give it a bit more color variation
I put them up on containers to dry so the bottom wouldn’t stick.
An once they were dried I sprayed them with a polyacrylic in matte to keep the paint from chipping.
If you mix them in a display with real pumpkins, no one will ever know the difference!!!
You can also paint them with milk paint for an awesome look here like Miss Mustard Seed did!
And I am doing 31 days of Gratitude. Every day I will post something I am grateful for, even if it’s a quick blurb.
1.Today I am Grateful for a healthy family.
Did you know the Creatively Made Home e-course{Home for the Holidays} starts in 15 days?????
Make sure you don’t miss your chance to start the class from the beginning!!!!
Linda@Coastal Charm says
October 1, 2013 at 12:34 pmReally luv how we can make our pumpkin colors…the power of paint is sooooo awesome! I am painting some more pumpkins today.
Blessings,
Linda
Pat@Back Porch Musings says
October 1, 2013 at 2:33 pmNifty pumpkins, Jen! They look great!
Jeanne says
October 1, 2013 at 3:24 pmWhat a great idea! I would never have thought to paint the fake pumpkins. I’m going to keep this in mind for next year.
ox
jeanne
Violet @ Create Beauty says
October 1, 2013 at 3:28 pmJen, those pumpkins are gorgeous! Yesterday I helped a 3 year old paint pumpkins and it’s surprising how pretty they came out (especially after I spread her paint globs more evenly)
Come by when you have a moment and see my GOLDEN pumpkin Cinderella carriage Fall decor!
Painted pumpkins rock!
I can only take orange in small doses (spray painting a real pumpkin works great!)
Your bench with pumpkins is so pretty.
~ Violet
lynn cockrell says
October 1, 2013 at 9:26 pmYou did a great job in painting these pumpkins, Jenn. The colors you chose are perfect! Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration!
Ashley @ Life on the Parsons Farm says
October 2, 2013 at 2:26 pmI was wondering about those fab pumpkins!!
Leann says
October 3, 2013 at 12:30 amThey look wonderful and now they are on-sale around here. I may stock up:)
Thanks for the inspiration!