How-to Make a Tiffany Inspired Painted Fall Pumpkin

Aww Fall is here. The seasons are changing from Summer to Fall and the leaves are turning. Well.. Maybe not here in Florida. We don’t get too much of a weather change here. If it’s in the 70’s we’re all bundled up complaining it’s too cold.

Since I live in Florida I really wanted to go with a non traditional color for my Fall decor this year. I still have some of my Beach decor up and I really wanted to incorporate the two.

This is one of my favorite colors and I was really happy with how my pumpkins turned out.

Getting Started

I grabbed a pumpkin I had around the house and some I got from the Dollar Tree. Then I got my paint colors and spray paint and was ready to get crafting!

I didn’t end up using the round form brush in this picture. I couldn’t get a solid circle from it. I ended up using a stencil I made.

Step 1 – Paint Your Pumpkin

I ended up mixing two paint colors together to get this color. If you want you can add and little Plaster of Paris to your mix to create a chalk paint effect.

I ended up adding a “sprinkle” of it to my paint mix. You don’t need much at all. I painted two costs on my pumpkin and let dry for half an hour.

Step 2 – Spray Paint Your Stem

While my pumpkin was drying I took my stem outside and spray painted it gold. I thought the gold would look really nice against the color of my pumpkin.

Step 3 – Cutout Your Polka Dots

When I started making my polka dots I used the round form brush that was in the getting started picture. Unfortunately I wasn’t getting the results I wanted.

I ended up pulling out my “Trusty” circle punch and some vinyl. I punched my circles, and firmly placed it on the pumpkin.

Any craft store sells vinyl for about $3.00 a sheet.

I had to make a little pumpkin to match my larger one.

Step 4 – Paint Your Polka Dots

I went over my circles with white paint and a form brush. I only needed to cut 4 of the vinyl circles. The paint dries pretty fast so I was able to reuse them.

Step 5 – Finishing Touches

Once I was done painting my polka dots I got my gold stem and hot glued it to the top of the pumpkin! Voila a whole new look for my Fall pumpkin.

I loved the look of my large pumpkin so much that I had to make a couple other styles to go with it. I added a few of the thumbtack pumpkins I made to finish off the look in my front room!

And you know me I had to add some GLITTER in there some where with the little pumpkin.

Since I already had all the supplies this was basically a free project. I love shopping in my house to make new craft projects!

Here are some new pictures I took this year!