How to Make Colorful DIY Push Pin Pumpkins
Want an easy way to pump up your pumpkins? You should definitely give DIY thumb tack pumpkins a try!
- Real (or faux) pumpkins
- Acrylic paint and brush
- Spray paint
- Gold metal thumb tacks
- Straight pins with colored ends
I did a few different styles for my pumpkins. First we’ll start with the straight pin pumpkins, which I call confetti pumpkins.
Take your acrylic paint (I chose white) and brush on a couple coats with your brush.
Once your paint is dry simply push your colored tip straight pins into the pumpkin.
Repeat this step until you’ve filled up the entire outside of the pumpkin. It’s so easy!
It’s definitely my favorite.
I spray painted my pumpkin a coral color using my Krylon spray paint.
Once the spray paint was dry, I simply stuck the thumb tacks all over the pumpkin until I was happy with the balance. You really can’t mess it up!
You’ll want to make sure you firmly stick the thumb tacks into the pumpkin since they can stick out a bit otherwise.
You can choose to leave the pumpkin unpainted and you can also apply the tacks in a linear pattern. The options are endless!
All I did here was spray my pumpkin with PlastiDip craft spray. Once dry, it gives the pumpkin a plastic coated look and the color always turns out very saturated and smooth. I love this stuff and have it in quite a few other colors.
After the paint dried I took an ink pen and hand drew a “KC” onto one side of the pumpkin. I like to use an ink pen because if you mess up you can wipe the ink away (in most cases) and start over.
From there I added the gold thumb tacks down the letter, making sure they slightly overlapped.
This part goes by pretty quickly. Once you cover the letters you’re all finished. I told you it was easy.
These pumpkins are so easy, and I highly recommend them. They’d made great hostess, neighbor, teacher gifts — everyone would love one of these!
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Donna Rich on Oct 18, 2019My daughter is not very good at painting. This is a perfect way for her to create a perfect looking pumpkin. Thanks so much for sharing. 🙂
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I’m wondering if having all those holes will make the pumpkin deteriorate faster? They are cute though. I like the colorful push pin one. 🎃