Decorating Ideas for Small White Pumpkins

Decorating White Pumpkins

I enjoy decorating white pumpkins. I have some unique decorating ideas for you. I mean, who uses tacks and wall protectors to decorate white pumpkins? You’ll be surprised how well they turned out. I know I was surprised.

Decorating White Pumpkins

Cool looking pumpkins, right. Those round black wall protectors sure look good against the white pumpkins.

But that’s just the first fun idea. I used upholstery tacks and gold star decals to add pizzazz to the small pumpkins. To display the pumpkins I used a few of my favorite junk treasures.

Small white pumpkins are one of my favorite pumpkin types. There have been a lot of new varieties show up lately at the local vegetable/flower market. The bumpy ones called peanut pumpkins are kind of cool. I bought this bunch of white pumpkins at a local pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago.

I had my granddaughter all day and after she left I decided I needed a little crafting time. I went down to the workshop. I had these pumpkins and I needed to spice them up.

I gathered a few things from my DIY supplies to pretty up the pumpkins. At this point I was just wingin’ it….seeing what I had to work with and going from there.I found some upholstery tacks in an antique brass color hanging on the peg board and a few bright gold tacks in a bag. I also had a lot of stick on wall protectors, large and small.

Who would ever think to spray paint the felt wall protectors…and who would think it would work. You never know until you try! I selected the blue and orange colors just because I like the color combo…think Florida Gators (insert smiley face).

The spray paint dried in no time and I stuck the spray painted felt pieces on the pumpkins in a random fashion. One blue dotted pumpkin and one orange dotted pumpkin. The tacks look great against the white pumpkins. I stuck them in willy-nilly but in a nice perfectly imperfect pattern. I like the shiny gold tacks the best.

Decorating White Pumpkins 

After I got all the pumpkins decorated I searched the shelves in the workshop for cool stuff  to display the pumpkins. My shelves are full of rusty, junky stuff found at my favorite junk shop.

I didn’t paint the black foam wall protectors…just stuck them on as they were.

Well, you guys heard me say I headed to the workshop after having my granddaughter all day. This project took about 1 hour…..spray painting….decorating….and photographing….done. How fun are they! Do you love them….or think they’re too tacky? ….no pun intended. I could call them “tacky pumpkins”…….or “tackful pumpkins”, hahaha.

If you like these pumpkins wait until you see my “Eclipse Pumpkins”, click here.

Do you decorate pumpkins or go for the natural look? I usually gather several large orange pumpkins and display them on the front porch in an old rusty radio flyer wagon….throwing in a few green gourds for contrast. Leave a comment please. I read them all. Have a great day, Kathy

Supplies for this project: (Amazon affiliate links are for your convenience. Click here to read my full disclosure policy.)
Gold Stars (similar)
RustOleum Spray Paint- Orange, Blue
Upholstery Tacks- antique brass,  shiny gold
Wall Protectors (similar)