Since our pumpkin picking trip was a huge success, it’s only natural that I turn some of those pumpkins into cute Halloween crafts.
BOOM! How cute and silly are these guys?
When I first saw this idea in Rachael Ray’s Everyday magazine, I figured that it would be time-consuming and messy, but that was soo far from the case.
We made sure to put down a tarp to keep our sidewalk from getting painted and got to work. We used just the cheapo, Home Depot store brand spray paint, and it worked great.
I enlisted the help of Tommy to do the painting. We used quick, short sprays to cover the pumpkins, making sure not to overspray and leave drip marks. Even though the paint cans said that it should be dry withing 15 minutes, we waited overnight. The next day I flipped the pumpkins and painted their butts.
I left them to dry for about an hour to dry before flipping them back over, and painting on the eyes. This is probably the only part that I regret joining cheapo on. I opted to buy acrylic craft paint and a plain old paintbrush, but it would’ve worked better if I spent the extra three bucks and bought a paint pen. Live and learn.
Anyway, I drew on the outlines of the eyes with a pen and filled it
in with the paint. I drew on the irises and fixed the outlines with a black sharpie and viola!
Do you decorate for Halloween?
So cute! I’m not crafty at all but I certainly appreciate the creations of others.
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They look great!! I used to not decorate the house for Halloween but now with our daughter we decorate a lot more…more just pumpkins and such though. Our favorite thing is making the jack-o-lantern! These look great!!
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love it! those are super cute. i hope to be getting some pumpkins this week.
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I wish I had more time to craft. I’m jealous of those pumpkins!!
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as soon as i saw halloween craft i got way too excited!! my mom actually just spray painted pumpkins yesterday and sent me a pic of them! she used gold and silver glitter spray, and they looked awesome! what a fantastic idea! happy tuesday and spa love!
I love the pumpkins! They are so cute! I love decorating for Halloween. It’s fun 🙂
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these are sooooo cute! This is a better idea than carving them and making a big mess! I love pumpkins!
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CUTE!! Even someone like myself, who has NO talent, could make something like this! 🙂
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I’m planning on going pumpkin picking very soon. I love black pumpkin!
They are too cute! I don’t normally decorate for Halloween, but for some reason I really feel like it this year … may have to give it a go! 🙂
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These are so adorable!!! I love fall decorations, I just may have to try these out 🙂
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Very cute! We have a couple of pumpkins on our balcony and my husband will carve faces in them for Hallowe’en and I will put candles in them.
I LOVE those!!! Super cute!!! Halloween is my favorite holiday!!! So much fun!!
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This is so cool! What an awesome DIY Halloween craft!
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What a cool idea! I like how they turned out! 🙂 I love decorating for Halloween!
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Love the pumpkins! I usually don’t decorate, put probably will next year since I’ll finally have a little one to dress up 🙂
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I’ve been seeing painted pumpkins all over Pinterest and have been wanting to try it myself. Yours are so cute. And I like the fact that they will last all Halloween season long!
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