Tonight we got around to carving the pumpkin. I did the carving and Laura and Lindy scooped him out and drew the face. Here are a few of our pictures:
This is what our happy pumpkin looked like when we were done!
He is now sitting on the front porch ready for Friday night!
If you want to go a little fancier...you could try these glittery pumpkins that I saw on Martha Stewart's website. I thought they were really pretty.
Here's how to make them!
Tools and Materials
Small pumpkins
Glitter (colors used in today's segment):
54. Sedona Sun
56. Pumpkin
72. Pink Champagne
61. New Penny
58. Brown
59. Teak
Paintbrush
Craft glue
Paper plate or newspaper
Brown acrylic paint
Glittered Pumpkins How-To
1. With a paintbrush, spread glue over the surface of a small pumpkin. Place pumpkin on a paper plate or newspaper to catch excess glitter.
2. Sprinkle powder glitter over glue, covering completely. Let dry for an hour, then shake off excess powder.
3. Coat stem with brown acrylic paint, let dry. Once dry, the stem can also be done in brown glitter.
Tips
- It's easiest to do half the pumpkin and sprinkle with glitter, let dry, and continue other half.
- There's no need to completely cover the bottom, since it's not seen.
- Also, it's fine if your pumpkin has marks or mild blemishes, since you will be covering it with glitter.
Resources
Martha used Ultrafine Opaque and Ultrafine Pearlescent glitter, available at artglitter.com.You can buy Sobo glue in most craft or fabric stores, or at deltacrafts.com. For more great crafting products, visit marthastewartcrafts.com.
13 comments:
Nice carving skills! ;-)
Love the pumpkin... don't you just love this time of year? So fun!
I miss those carving the pumkpin days :(
That pumpkin turned out great!!! So cute that ya'll did that!
P.S. Your blog looks so cute!
We're actually doing a version of the glitter pumpkin at preschool tomorrow. They turn out sooooo pretty.
Your pumpkin looks cute. :)
I love your new blog look!! The colors are great!
Your pumpkin looks so good. I'm feeling a little bad now that I didn't put out much effort on the ones I bought for Katie! :(
p.s. I ate lunch at On The Border and I'm still miserable at 9:20 at night!!! But it was good at the time!
Your pumpkin turned out so cute. We used to paint pumpkins, but we haven't done much carving.
Love the pumpkin - great job!
I am so behind. I've got to get in gear today and get us a pumpkin to carve :)
Your family is so talented ;)! I would love to bring Vance by your house to trick or treat ;)!
Just found your blog and have enjoyed my browse. Such fun you guys had. I need to get out our carvers, and make a night of it. :)
We've got our big one to carve too...and we've got to do it soon or we'll miss Halloween!! lol.
Very cute pumpkin! I like the happy ones...not the scary ones.
WOW that is GREAT!! Our pumpkin in still sitting on our front porch uncarved ~~ yes it is Friday ~~ but it looks so great just sitting there.
Did you roast the pumpkin seeds out of yours?
Have a GREAT evening, Dawn
I love that picture of Bailey . I enjoy having her at Wee School. I'll have to let Brittany know I saw it
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