Crafty Saturday

Fall is here and it is one of my favorite times to decorate my home. As soon as I got home from our fun in the sun, I set out to Craft Warehouse to pick up the necessary items for the season. My favorite fall project is making glitter pumpkins and I thought I'd share the idea with you. I did this for the first time last fall and they turned out great and even lasted through Thanksgiving.

To get started, you will need to collect the following: little pumpkins or gourds to "glittify," a jar of Mod Poge (or other gluing substance), a small paintbrush (I use the cheapy foam brushes), newspaper to work on, two paper plates, and various shades of glitter. A note on the glitter - last year I used regular glitter which worked okay, but this year I found this specialty art glitter in fall colors with pretty intense color. It worked great! It is called Barbara Trombley's art glitter and I found it at Craft Warehouse.

Once you have your supplies you just paint glue onto the pumpkins and sprinkle the glitter on. I do mine in sections and use the two paper plates to reuse the glitter after each sprinkling. It takes a pretty heavy coat of glitter to completely cover the pumpkins. After they are finished, I let them dry for a few hours before I arrange them.

As you can see from my finished product, I did a few colors this year. Since I had leftovers of each color, I mixed them all together and used the leftovers to do a few more pumpkins. Beware, the glitter doesn't go too far. I was able to do two pumpkins with each container of glitter, and then two "leftovers".

The end result is glittery pumpkins that look great as a centerpiece or in a clear vase. Lots of fun for fall!