How to Decoupage Pumpkins

3 Materials
$4
1 Hour
Easy

PUMPKINS ARE A FAVORITE WAY TO DECORATE FOR FALL AND I'VE COLLECTED MY FAIR SHARE OVER THE YEARS. SEVERAL OF MINE ARE CHEAP, DOLLAR STORE VERSIONS, WHICH HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL COATS OF PAINT OVER THE YEARS. WHEN I FOUND SOME CUTE FALL NAPKINS, I DECIDED TO DECOUPAGE SOME OF THESE CHEAP PUMPKINS FOR A CUTE, UPDATED LOOK.


Today I'm sharing how easy it to make Decoupage Pumpkins. In addition, there are a couple of tips that I learned which will save you from making the same mistakes.

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Prepare the napkins

The first step is to separate your napkins. Most paper napkins are three-ply and all three layers need to be separated to begin.



Cut Napkin

here are a few options for this next step. You can choose to cut a design out from the napkin and apply the design randomly on the pumpkin or you can cut the napkin into sections to apply all over the entire pumpkin. In addition, you can place a hole in the center of the napkin to allow the stem to pass through and basically drape the napkin over the pumpkin.


Because I wanted the design to completely cover the pumpkins, I choose to cut the napkin into sections.

APPLY MOD PODGE

Now you are ready to begin applying the napkin to the pumpkin. Using a paint brush apply the mod podge.

Allow to Dry

Once your pumpkin is dry, you may desire another coat of mod podge to preserve the pumpkin for future seasons.

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Large Scale Pumpkin with Sunflowers

The sunflower pumpkins dried beautifully and had a velvet appearance when displayed.

Small Pumpkins look better with a small scale print napkin

The smaller pumpkins were covered in a small scale fruit napkin and I couldn't resist making several to display together in a wooden dough bowl.

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  • Mary M Braunlich Mary M Braunlich on Oct 15, 2023

    What a fantastic idea! I will be doing this next year whether they need it or not! LOL. I love decoupaging with napkins! Definitely saved to my Pinterest board!

  • Diane Nusser Diane Nusser on Oct 15, 2023

    I thought this was a great idea when I assumed the napkins were cloth. Well now I thing it's a fabulous idea because the napkins are paper. I will definitely be trying this next year! I have added the bookmark to my projects folder. Thanks so much for a beautiful idea (and a great job)!

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