DIY Painted Pumpkins

by Charity

3 Materials

$25

2 Days

Easy

Towards the beginning of the fall season, I was looking for a specific color scheme for my pumpkins that I wanted to include in my dough bowl on the dining room table. And for the life of me, I could not find the exact colors I was looking for.

Since I couldn’t find what I wanted, I figured I would take it into my own hands and paint my own. This DIY is so, super simple and the longest part about it is just waiting for the paint to dry! If you’re looking for an easy way to decorate your Thanksgiving table this year, this is definitely it! Keep on reading to see just how these DIY Painted Pumpkins turned out!

Getting the Pumpkins

The first thing I did was order a pack of Assorted White Pumpkins from Amazon. I liked this particular pack because it was a nice variation of different sized pumpkins. But basically any white craft pumpkin of any size will do just fine!

Painting the Pumpkins

After I got the plain white pumpkins, I just decided to go for it and paint them! I left the stems on while painting, and I was just really careful not to get paint around them. And if you do end up getting a little paint on them, no one is going to look that closely so don’t stress!

I’m sure you could probably remove the stems and then glue them back after you are done painting them, but that just felt like an extra step to me and like I said above, I wanted to make this as easy as possible!

Paint For The Pumpkins

Here is the paint I used for them. I was inspired by a big, peachy colored pumpkin that I found at Marshall’s earlier. I knew that I wanted to make that the base of my dough bowl pumpkins and just fill smaller pumpkins around it.

I got the paint from Michaels Craft Store. The colors I used are Hauser Medium Green, Warm Beige, and Sea Glass. I think these colors really worked well for the neutral tablescape I was going for. I just used a foam brush and applied a couple of coats of paint to each pumpkin, letting it dry completely in between each coat.

Dry Brushing Technique

After the pumpkins are completely dry, you can now apply the dry brushing technique. I used this brush above to dry brush an accent color over them to make them look more realistic. For example, I painted a whole pumpkin in the Sea Glass color, then dry brushed the Hauser Medium Green on top of that. And for the Warm Beige color, I just dry brushed a basic white color of that.

I was really happy with the way it left realistic marks on each pumpkin. There is no set rule to dry brushing, I just added a little paint to the brush and slowly made a few paint streaks around each pumpkin. I was careful not to apply too much paint, because I didn’t want it looking too dark.

Let The Pumpkins Dry

After you painted them how you wanted, be sure to let them dry completely. I let them dry overnight before I started decorating with them.

Decorate with Painted Pumpkins!

Now, here is the fun part- time to decorate with your pumpkins! I chose to put mine into a large dough bowl I got from Hobby Lobby and use it as a centerpiece for my Thanksgiving tablescape! But you can use your painted pumpkins anywhere your heart desires!

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Dl.5660408 on Nov 21, 2020

So pretty!

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- Charity on Nov 24, 2020
  
  Thank you so much!
  
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Patty on Nov 23, 2021

Very pretty! Love the way you painted them. Looks so nice for a table.

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- Charity on Dec 02, 2021
  
  Thank you! I appreciate it!
  
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