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October 11, 2016

Halloween DIY – No Carve Glitzy Pumpkins

No carve pumpkin ideas for Halloween crafts - Craftaholique

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Pumpkin carving? It’s a lot of fun if you don’t mind the mess. This year though, I thought I’d try something a little different. This still involves some mess but not the soggy kind that you’ll get from scooping out the inside of a pumpkin.

I decided to spray paint a few pumpkins after being inspired by this amazing DIY cinderella butterfly pumpkin over at A Pumpkin & a Princess. I saw this last year and thought it was just so pretty that I wanted to make a glamorous version of my own.

When creating my glitzy pumpkin scene, I used the following materials:

  • Rust-Oleum Painter’s Touch Spray Paint in Black (also available in the USA via Amazon.com – see here.)
  • Rust-Oleum Sparkling Gold Glitter Spray Paint (also available in the USA via Amazon.com – see here.)
  • SupaDec Gold Spray Paint
  • Black plastic spider which I then spray painted gold (see similar ones here).
  • Gold sparkly ribbon.

Halloween DIY - spray painted no carve pumpkin ideas from Craftaholique

To begin, I stretched out an old blanket on the ground outside and covered up some nearby garden furniture so that I wouldn’t get spray paint everywhere. It’s the first time I’d used spray paint before but I’d been told that it can travel if it’s a windy day! So I spent a bit of time making sure that I’d prepped the area where I’d be painting to avoid any accidents.

I spray painted the underneath of my pumpkins first, holding the can around 30cm away and spraying as evenly as possibly in light strokes all the way around.

Halloween DIY - No carve pumpkins - spray painted pumpkins by Craftaholique

It was much easier than I thought it would be to get an even coverage all the way around. The hardest part was having to wait for the paint to dry between coats! I left the pumpkins for around 20 minutes before turning over, but I should really have waited a little longer as the spray paint was still a little tacky and I had to go over part of them again. Take a look below at the pumpkins I decorated.

Halloween DIY – Glitzy No Carve Pumpkins

Pumpkin decorating ideas - glitzy and gold pumpkins from Craftaholique

This pumpkin above has been decorated all over in gold spray paint (SupaDec). I had intended to only use the Rust-Oleum Glitter Spray Paint on this but when I tried it, it was translucent with gold glitter flecks. The Rust-Oleum Glitter Spray Paint didn’t show up all that well over the gold spray paint, so I didn’t bother with it for this one.

My absolute favourite pumpkin is the one I decorated with an ombre effect (below). I started by spray painting the entire pumpkin in the gold spray paint. When dry, I turned it upside down again and spray painted the bottom with the black spray paint. I then alternated layers of gold and black up to the middle part until I achieved the ombre effect that I wanted. I also added the Rust-Oleum Glitter Spray Paint over the middle and bottom of the pumpkin to give it a little sparkle. I love the way the light catches it!

I also decided to spray paint the black plastic spider at the same time. Spray paint is a tiny bit addictive once you get going with it!

Ombre pumpkin - no carve pumpkin ideas from Craftaholique

The Rust-Oleum Glitter Spray Paint really came into its own when I decorated this pumpkin below in the black spray paint. I sprayed a few layers of it over the top of the black spray paint to achieve this amazing sparkly pumpkin – totally glamorous all by itself. I found some sparkly gold ribbon and tied it around the stalk to finish it off.

Glitter pumpkin black and gold - Halloween crafts from Craftaholique

I’m sure I’ll end up carving a pumpkin or two again this year, seeing as my daughter will no doubt want to do this! But I’m really happy with my no carve pumpkins too. I hope you enjoyed this post and that it’s given you some inspiration for your own Halloween decor!

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