Halloween Crafts: 2 Easy Ways to Glitter Pumpkins

I can’t believe that Halloween is around the corner! Our family loves this time of year, there’s so many fun activities and Halloween crafts to do. One tradition my husband and I always do is pumpkin carving. Unfortunately, our oldest daughter is still too young to actually carve anything.

This year, I wanted to make cute pumpkins that she could participate in decorating. I chose to make glitter pumpkins (even though my husband hates glitter) because she loves sparkle.  I decided to make one with her name on it, and another with her sister’s name.

I plan to use them for a holiday photo shoot, but these pumpkins could be used as place cards, too. If you use your street number (or words like “Boo” and “Spooky”) instead of names, they would be super cute on a front porch also.

Materials needed for these easy glitter pumpkins:

• Silhouette Cutter and Silhouette Vinyl, or Alphabet Stickers
• Mod Podge
• Sponge Brush
• Glitter
• Pumpkins and/or squashes of your choice

If you are using the Silhouette, select your font and type the words you want to glitter. Remember to size the words according to the size of your pumpkin.

I cut out the pattern in vinyl and stuck the letters onto the pumpkin to check the size.  They look cute just like this without the glitter!  But my daughter insisted on the glitter.

If you want just the letters to be glitter then place the negative vinyl cut out of the name onto the pumpkin.  Don’t worry if the edges crease a little, just make sure all of the vinyl is secure around the letters.

With alphabet stickers, you will not be able to glitter just letters. The pumpkin color will be the letter color, and the entire pumpkin will be glittered around the letters. Using the sponge brush, apply Mod Podge over the vinyl or around the alphabet stickers.  Then glitter over the Mod Podge with the glitter of your choice. You can remove the vinyl and sprinkle glitter on pumpkin or just leave the vinyl and sprinkle over it.  If you leave the vinyl you will waste more glitter because the glitter will stick to the vinyl, too.

Tap away the excess glitter and let dry.  You can also use a dry brush to brush away the excess glitter.

These little glitter pumpkins are so cute and easy, I want to make a few for our Thanksgiving Dinner as place cards!

Rena

Rena Tang (aka the cheese thief) is a wife, mother, programmer and lover of all things creative. She especially loves to make unique, cute, simple and inexpensive things from everyday items. You can check out her ideas and tutorials at thecheesethief.com.