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Painting Fake Pumpkins (Easy Idea)
Learn how to create a marble effect with spray paint for this easy Fall DIY decoration.
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Prep:
5
minutes
mins
Active Time:
15
minutes
mins
Dry Time:
1
hour
hr
Total Time:
1
hour
hr
20
minutes
mins
Equipment
Wooden Skewer
Old Plastic Bin or Bucket
Water
Supplies
Faux Mini Pumpkins
White Spray Paint With Primer
We use a glossy finish to give a fun almost ceramic look.
2
Additional Colors of Spray Paint
We used gold spray paint and black.
Instructions
Use
large sweeping motions
to cover pumpkins with
white gloss spray paint
.
Let spray paint fully dry.
Fill plastic container with water and gather other spray paints.
Add spray paint to water quickly. Add
gold and then a little black
.
Use a
skewer to quickly swirl colors
for 5 seconds. You do not need to do too much.
Dip the pumpkin
in spray paint and water. Optional: You can swirl the pumpkin in the paint.
Pull pumpkin out.
Let fully dry.
Display
your pumpkins for fun Fall DIY decorations.
Notes
If you dip the whole pumpkin it is difficult to prop up to dry. For the ones that were completely dipped,
use old styrofoam to stick the stems in
.
This technique works best with a base coat first. Make sure your
first coat of paint
uses
spray paint with primer
in it.
You do not have to dip the whole pumpkin. Some of our favorites were ones that were only dipped halfway.
Author:
Erin Nutter
Cost:
under $5