Sparkly Pumpkins!!

I love sparkles and I'm not ashamed to admit it. So when I saw a picture of sparkly pumpkins on a crafty blog a while back I decided that this Halloween I would make a couple! Naturally they will also make an appearance at my party but I'm not sure where yet. Anyways, here is a quick tutorial but it's really pretty straight forward. Buy cheap fake pumpkin, cover in glitter spray paint and then cover in a clear sealer to keep all the pretty sparkles on it.

I got my pumpkins from the dollar store because I'm not about to pay $15 for a fake pumpkin at Michael's or Joann's. Not that I'm against those stores, I love them! I'm a gold member at Michael's for goodness sake! I'm just against paying too much for stuff I'll only use once a year.

Moving on, I used Krylon Glitter Blast spray paint which is more expensive than I normally buy but it was the only kind I could find. It was $8 a bottle at Michael's and buying it directly from Krylon would have taken way too long because I'm pretty impatient. So I sucked it up and bought a couple bottles. They only come in a small 5oz size so you will most likely need at least two to do anything more than one pumpkin. Even after two bottles one of my pumpkins could still use another coat.

First step is to put your pumpkins on little sticks and then spray paint the crap out of them! On my first pumpkin I didn't use the stick idea and I ended up spray painting my hand.

 This is how they looked on the stick after I glitter blasted them.

Then use a CLEAR sealant to keep the pretty glitter on the pumpkins!

 End result looks like this!!  The sealant did a pretty good job at keeping the sparkles from rubbing off on stuff so I'm happy with it.