Decorating White Pumpkins
I enjoy decorating white pumpkins. I have some unique decorating ideas too. I mean, who uses tacks and wall protectors to decorate white pumpkins? You’ll be surprised how well they turned out.
Decorating White Pumpkins
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.
MY LATEST VIDEOSSmall 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 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 and a few bright gold tacks. 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 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.
junk love
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.
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.
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)
Briana says
Love, love, love these! Thank you for the inspiration.:)
Celeste says
I love them!!!!
Cynthia says
Very cute!!
Cindy
chris aka monkey says
you never are tacky kathy..these are ‘da bomb xx
Judy says
Very cute-I love the tacks in the pumpkins. Have you seen the pink pumpkins at the stores yet. One of our stores is selling pink and blue pumpkins. Very unique.
Kathy Owen says
Wow, I’ve seen the blue but not the pink. Have to check it out!
Maureen says
I LOVE this idea.. they are simply adorable!
Mary Barber says
I like them but I would probably spray paint faux pumpkins white so I can use them year to year…..just a bit lazy, I guess. Love the look.
the cape on the corner says
i am loving this all white look, and great idea with the dots. who would have thought of that, indeed.
enjoy,
b
EFFIE CARROLL says
Really like the pumpkins. Great idea.
Barbara says
No TOO tacky – meaning tacks, not bad! They are cute and so easy to do. I would have never thought of using those little felt protectors, and especially not painting them. You are soooooo clever! Love it!
Charlene Asay says
What a darling idea. I am pinning for later. I gotta find me some white pumpkins 🙂