Primping the Pumpkin

Pumpkins are everywhere right now.  The minis have already made two trips to pumpkin farms this month and we ended up with 9 pumpkins in the house this year.  We have one big guy still waiting to be carved-I am determined to carve it all fancy this time around.  I told Murph that I'll be using his Dremel to do it...we'll see.  The minis, Murph and I painted three medium pumpkins and we have one small one and 4 mini pumpkins.  The small pumpkin and the mini pumpkins were super primped this year.  I made the small one especially for my Stina.  She is a Georgia Bulldog girl and loves watching football on Saturdays while yelling in the living room..."Go doggies! Woof woof woof!"  On Sundays she calls my Big Daddy and serenades him with Go Bears! Grrr Grrr Grrr!  I just love this girl!!!!

As for the "fancy" pumpkins-they were super cheap and soo easy.  I have made the sparkle pumpkins before so I had all the glitter and glue.  These were actually free because my Mom had bought the four mini pumpkins for me-score me!  The UGA pumpkin cost 73 cents-I had Sharpie markers already and just printed up the logo. 

First up-Sparkle Pumpkins.  I use the mini pumpkins for this and they look beautiful on my wall unit, but I also have used them lined up on a rectangular platter with leaves as a centerpiece.


my mini pumpkins

Glitter-I LOVE SPARKLY THINGS!

I use the Martha Stewart glitter whenever I can.  It is really fine and has amazing sparkle.  The Martha glitter comes in tons of colors and all different textures.  Just wait until I blog about decorating pine cones for Christmas-you will see why my house and kids are usually covered in glitter by the end of December!  I will glitter just about anything that sits still long enough.  One of the kitties was sleeping under the table today when I was doing the pumpkins and by the time I was finished the end of his tail even ended up glittered. 

 

 

 

 

  I paint the pumpkins with the paste.  The Martha Stewart Glitter glue has a brush attached to the top, so it is very convenient.  Once the pumpkin is completely covered, I sprinkle the entire pumpkin with glitter.  I repeat this for each pumpkin and allow it to dry over night.  I like using a variety of Fall colors but you can use any colors you have on hand or what you like best.  What you are looking for is the sparkle!  The bonus is that all four pumpkins were completely glittered in less than 30 minutes.


Sparkle Sparkle!

Next up is the UGA pumpkin.  This one was a little more complicated but still on the easier side.  You will need a pumpkin (thanks captain obvious), logo you want to transfer, white chalk and permanent markers in the color of your team.  The Dawgs are black and red-colors I already have so again this was a cheap project. 

 I printed up the UGA logo and covered the back in white chalk. The chalk creates an outline transfer onto the pumpkin making it easy to get more precise lines. I could never have done it freehand-I know my limits!

 Tape your logo onto your pumpkin and pressing hard, but not hard enough to puncture the skin, trace the logo onto the pumpkin.  I used a fine point Sharpie for this part.

 

 You will be left with a chalk outline that you can then write over in your permanent marker and begin to color in.  I used permanent markers as opposed to paint because paint gets too messy and I wanted the lines to be precise.

Once the G was totally filled in I needed to make the red outer oval.  I used a second printed logo so the chalk dust wouldn't mess up the black G.  I cut out the thin outer oval and colored it in red.

 

 

 

And there you have it-two different types of fancy schmancy pumpkins for Halloween.  Stina was so happy when she came home from school to find her football pumpkin.  She knew as soon as she saw it and even barked her best Dawg bark!