Paint your pumpkins

Love Halloween but hate the messy pumpkin bit? Well, fear not because this year’s spooky style is all about paint. Join in on the latest craze and learn how to make pretty pumpkins in sweet and stylish pastel shades.

YOU WILL NEED: Rust-oleum Chalky Finish Furniture Spray Paint Rust-oleum Chalky Finish Furniture Paint (125ml)

Rust-oleum Glitter Paint

Paint brushes Clean cloth Paint stirrer Pumpkins

Mix it up

METHOD:

1. Taking a cloth and some warm water, wash your pumpkins thoroughly to remove any dirt or dust which could affect applying your paint. Allow your pumpkins to fully dry before you start moving onto the next step.

2. Using a can of Rust-oleum Chalky Finish

Furniture Paint, paint half or your pumpkin (we used the colour Duck Egg). Rust-oleum Chalky Finish

Furniture Paint is perfect for small craft projects, as this water-based paint sticks to almost any surface, has virtually no odour and comes in 34 shades! Then place your pumpkin to one side while it dries.

3. Place your next pumpkin on a piece of newspaper in a well-ventilated area and spray half with Rust-oleum Chalky Finish Spray Paint, lightly misting the bottom half to create an ombre effect. We used the colour China Rose. Leave this to dry.

4. Next, add some sparkle to your pumpkins with Rust-oleum Glitter Paint. Simply apply the glitter glaze over any pre-painted surface to provide instant full coverage with megawatt sparkle. We added a little glitter frosting to ours, but you could add glitter polka dots, stripes or paint the whole pumpkin!