Gilded Pumpkins

Carving pumpkins is one of my favorite things to do, but it can get messy. While at the supermarket I found these cute tiny white pumpkins and remembered I had a can of metallic gold waiting for me at home. There are so many ways you can get creative with pumpkins other than just carving it. You can glue goggly eyes, paint faces, throw glitter, or bejewel them.

Materials:

Tape
Scissors
Pumpkin
Metallic gold spray paint

I used tape to cover portions of the pumpkin to create a pattern

With scissors I gently traced over the ribs of the pumpkin that I wanted to keep white

 

DIY Pumpkin Hat

Hello Pumpkin,

When I was younger I wanted to be a princess, because what little girl doesn't want to be Cinderella? Instead I was her pumpkin -- I cried... all day. At that time I didn't appreciate/notice how adorable a pumpkin costume really is on kids. Not to worry, I'll get my chance to appreciate it one, very long, day from now.  

Materials
Cardboard box

Soft felt sheets -- orange, green, and brown 

Yarn and needle 

Orange Ribbon

Hot glue gun 

Cut a small circle on the cardboard (measure according to your preferred size -- I made a mini hat)  

Draw a circle a bit bigger than the cardboard using half of the sheet from the orange felt.

Make a mini leaf shapes 

Stuff the remaining green felt -- I recommend using cotton instead, it will make it easier for you in the other steps. 

Hot glue the orange border onto the cardboard

Poke a hole in the middle (all the way through the felt)

Use yarn and needle to create pattern below

Hot glue ribbon on bottom of cardboard

Use other half of the orange felt to cover the bottom of the hat

Top off with leaves and make a small stem with brown felt