Halloween Crafting: Glittery Pumpkins!

I saw something similar to this on How Sweet It Is, and couldn't resist something combining both glitter and pumpkins. In fact, I was so into the glitter idea that I decided to just make the WHOLE pumpkin glittery, and then went out to get another just to make that one glittery too. I mean, as the woman in front of me at Hobby Lobby said, "Glitter just makes EVERYBODY happy!"

And obviously, you can take just about all the artistic freedom in the world with this one, so here are some guide lines, but have at it any way you please!

Supplies:

Glitter of your choice
Pumpkin(s)
Glue
Paint brush
Clear/Gloss Acrylic Paint if you want to cover the whole pumpkin

Newspaper/Plastic plate to combine glue/glitter

To entirely cover the pumpkin with glitter before adding details, I mixed a squeeze of acrylic gloss with a heaping amount of glitter. It works best to sort of "DAB" it onto the pumpkin, because otherwise the brush just drags the glitter around and doesn't really cover anything. After that I sprinkled the entire pumpkin with a little more glitter, just for good measure of course.

Wait for the base glitter layer to completely dry so the black does not get stuck anywhere other than where you want it to be! When it's ready, you can use a pen/sharpie to outline whatever design you choose.

Then go over the lines, a small section at a time, with the glue. Sprinkle the black glitter on to completely cover the glue, and then tilt the pumpkin so you can gently tap excess glitter off. It's good to have another plate handy to use to catch the extra and reuse them. Repeat these steps until all sections of your "design" are covered.

***Be careful to not use TOO MUCH glue, because if you do it will drip down the pumpkin. When I did the spider I propped it up sort of sideways so it was facing more upright and wouldn't drip down the side.


To cover the stem you can use either the method of coating the pumpkin by dabbing, or the glue/sprinkle method!

(Definitely check the link above for the How Sweet It Is blog when you get a chance, her blog is mostly made up of AMAZING and delicious looking recipes, but also has some other bits thrown in, and she is absolutely hilarious!)


Also- I want to thank you guys because SOMEHOW I have 100 (well, +1) followers!!!! I really can't even believe that many people care enough to even occasionally read this, but it has been great getting to know a lot of you and visit your blogs as well. I will hopefully have the "100 Followers Giveaway" ready to go soon! :-)