Great news! I was asked to guest post over at Chaos with a Curve! For the event, I decided it would be fun to decorate my sister-in-law's mantle for Thanksgiving. On Saturday, you will find a great tutorial for a Thanksgiving Banner, along with printables, over at Chaos with a Curve. There were quite a few other things that I made for this mantle as I was trying to spend as little money as possible. Today, I am going to show you how I made some gold dipped pumpkins.
My initial inspiration for these little lovelies, were some gold dipped fruit by Chatelaine I found on Pinterest. I headed to Michaels and was lucky to find some paper mache pumpkins on sale. Only problem was that I couldn't stomach wasting that much paint, plus it seemed like such a ridiculous mess. I went back to the internet to find a better way and was lucky to find a wonderful tutorial by Homey Oh My! for a gold dipped pumpkin vase. Essentially, you fake the dip and spray paint the pumpkin instead. Simply put, BRILLIANT! Anyway, here is the process to recreate my pumpkins.
Materials:
Paper mache pumpkins
Torn up pages from a book
Modpodge
Foam Brush
Tin Foil
Gold Spray Paint (mine was a primer and paint in one)
Directions:
1. If you would like the book page effect, start by modpodging the torn book pages to each of the pumpkins and set aside to dry.
2. Once dried, wrap tin foil around the top 2/3 of your pumpkin. Make sure to use only one sheet of foil, as it is pretty difficult to hold the pumpkin when you piece sheets together. Then, in a well ventilated area, spray the pumpkins. The key here is to start spraying on the tin foil then sweep your arm toward the base of the pumpkin and stop spraying (refer to photos). Also, tilt the spray tip in that direction. Set aside to dry for about 30 minutes.
Materials:
Paper mache pumpkins
Torn up pages from a book
Modpodge
Foam Brush
Tin Foil
Gold Spray Paint (mine was a primer and paint in one)
Directions:
1. If you would like the book page effect, start by modpodging the torn book pages to each of the pumpkins and set aside to dry.
2. Once dried, wrap tin foil around the top 2/3 of your pumpkin. Make sure to use only one sheet of foil, as it is pretty difficult to hold the pumpkin when you piece sheets together. Then, in a well ventilated area, spray the pumpkins. The key here is to start spraying on the tin foil then sweep your arm toward the base of the pumpkin and stop spraying (refer to photos). Also, tilt the spray tip in that direction. Set aside to dry for about 30 minutes.
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