DIY - Fall Decor - Thanksgiving Golden Pumpkins

Since I seem to fall behind on everything in my life (where are my fellow procrastinators??), I decided to get an early start on Thanksgiving. This might be the first year that we get to host a dinner in our little casita.

I bought these baby pumpkins in a set at Big Lots and knew right away that I wanted to paint them gold.

What you will need:

1. Spray Paint – I used gold metallic by Valspar

2. Painters Tape

3. Jewels – I used pearls and crystals both purchased from Hobby Lobby (don’t forget to print a 40% off coupon from their website)

4. Glue – I used hot glue but next time I will use E6000 or another type of gem glue because hot glue was too messy

First I put down an old box to protect my patio floor, I couldn’t find any newspaper so I had to improvise. Then I Covered the stems with painters tape (you can skip this step in you want the entire pumpkin gold).

*Tip – if you want the gold to be lighter shade then I would spray paint the pumpkins with a white colored primer before applying the gold paint.

I let them dry for about an hour, although they were probably dry after 20-30 minutes.

Now comes the fun part – Bedazzling your pumpkins! You can get as creative as you want on this part. I did no particular pattern, I just started near the stem and alternated between pearls and jewels.