Creative ideas for decorating pumpkins
Squashbots
You will need: •Metallic spray paint •Butternut squash •Nuts, bolts, washers, and/or sawtooth picture hangers •Acrylic craft paint •Drill or hammer •Hot glue 1. Paint squash with metallic spray paint and let dry completely.
2. Paint hardware pieces with acrylic paint, let dry completely.
3. Add hardware by poking with a drill or pounding with a hammer. Hot-glue other parts onto the squashes as desired.
Marble Pumpkins
You will need:
•Empty, clean quart-size yogurt container or small bucket •Nail polish in multiple colours •Toothpick or skewer •Mini white pumpkins •Drill and 4-inch skewer (optional) •Nail-polish remover •Cotton swab 1. Fill the container with room temperature water.
2. Working quickly, add a few drops of nail polish to the water. Add additional colours, and quickly swirl the polish with a toothpick or skewer. Dip the top of the pumpkin slowly into the water.
(Drill a hole in the centre of the bottom and insert a 4-inch skewer to hold as you dip the pumpkin if needed.)
Shake off water, and set bottomside-down to dry.
3. Clean up any drips or mistakes with nail-polish remover and a cotton swab.
Tip: The marbling effect is easiest to achieve with room temperature water.