Chic Inexpensive Painted Pumpkins
By: by Brittany Goldwyn
October 4, 2019
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Today I’m sharing a quick and budget-friendly DIY—painted pumpkins! This project is an easy one, but it has a big impact. You can easily customize it using the color palette of your choice, but I love the dark and moody vibe this color palette gives. It’s a huge change from how bright the pumpkins were before.
Items needed:
- Americana Decor Metallics 8oz - Antique Bronze
- Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint 8oz - Estate
- Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint 8oz - Carbon
- Americana Decor Chalky Finish Paint 8oz - Everlasting
- Inexpensive pumpkins
- Small paintbrushes
Instructions:
Step 1: Pick up five inexpensive pumpkins. I chose an assortment of different shapes and sizes for more visual interest.
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Step 2: Paint one pumpkin using Americana Decor Chalky Finish in Everlasting. I recommend painting the entire pumpkin but the bottom so you can stand it upright to dry. Then, once it’s dry, you can give the bottom a quick coat. I needed two coats to cover all of the orange/yellow base.
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Step 3: Repeat the painting steps for another pumpkin using Estate. I chose an orange-colored pumpkin for this one so that I would need only one coat of paint. Trying to match up the item’s base coat with the paint color as closely as possible can help you use less paint.
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Step 4: Paint another pumpkin using Carbon. Carbon covers quite well, so I only needed one coat.
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Step 5: I painted my remaining two pumpkins Americana Decor Metallic in Antique Bronze. Since the rest of the pumpkins were chalky finish, I wanted to do multiple metallic pumpkins for a beautiful pop. The metallic paint required two coats.
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Step 6: Once all of the pumpkins were dry, I painted the stems. I kept the metallic stems as is, but I used Carbon and Antique Bronze to paint the stems on the other pumpkins. I loved the contrast of the metallic stem on the black pumpkin and the black stems on the red and white pumpkins.
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I arranged all of my pumpkins with fall foliage and other fall-inspired items. These pumpkins would make the perfect addition to a fall mantle display or centerpiece—all for $5 and some paint!
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