{"id":8255,"date":"2016-09-29T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T10:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/?p=8255"},"modified":"2021-09-10T01:11:07","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T05:11:07","slug":"painting-faux-pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/painting-faux-pumpkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Painting Faux Pumpkins = Saving Money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends!&nbsp;I don&#8217;t have the most original project ever today, but I think it&#8217;s still worth sharing because <em>hello, have you seen the price of pumpkins<\/em>? I paid $6.99 for a white pumpkin and it wasn&#8217;t even one of those cute little heirloom ones. So&#8230; in an effort to save my&nbsp;money and yours (because let&#8217;s be honest we&#8217;d rather spend it on things at Target), I&#8217;m sharing how painting faux pumpkins is the way to go. Last year I painted some cute little dollar store pumpkins navy blue, and they stored so well that I wanted to try to paint even more this year.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8172\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fall-Home-Tour-5.jpg\" alt=\"Gorgeous fall decorating inspiration in this fall home tour. The painted pumpkins are my favorite.\" width=\"900\" height=\"1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fall-Home-Tour-5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fall-Home-Tour-5-486x700.jpg 486w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fall-Home-Tour-5-768x1105.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fall-Home-Tour-5-712x1024.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Fall-Home-Tour-5-208x300.jpg 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>For your convenience, this post may contain affiliate links. That means, at no additional cost to you, I may make a small commission on your purchase. Click <a href=\"http:\/\/el2.convertkit.com\/c\/preview\/x1e516\/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tYWtpbmdob21lYmFzZS5jb20vZGlzY2xvc3VyZS8=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to read my full disclosure policy.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong><em>Supply list:<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/rstyle.me\/n\/b2apei27yw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Faux pumpkins in all shapes and sizes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2dATRGN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rustoleum spray paint in Heirloom White<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Hot Glue Gun<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I picked up these pumpkins at Walmart. They had tons of varying sizes with varying prices. The largest was about $6 while the baby was $.99!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-2.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins-2\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-2-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-2-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-2-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first step to painting faux pumpkins is to take off the stem. To remove the step, gently shimmy it out being careful not to tear the pumpkin.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-3.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins-3\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-3-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-3-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-3-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rustoleum sent me<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2dATRGN\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> this spray paint<\/a> in Heirloom White and it ended up being perfect for painting faux pumpkins. The color is spot on for pumpkins and the paint bonded perfectly.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-4.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins-4\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-4-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-4-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-4-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I laid out a sheet in my driveway and laid out all of my pumpkins and gave them a few coats of paint.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8259\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-5.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins-5\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-5.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-5-467x700.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-5-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-5-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-5-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I sprayed two coats, allowing them to dry between coats, then flipped them upside down and got the bottom half.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8260\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-6.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins-6\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-6.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-6-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-6-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-6-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I used hot glue to attach the stems back on.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-7.jpg\" alt=\"painted-faux-pumpkins-7\" width=\"700\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-7.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-7-467x700.jpg 467w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-7-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-7-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painted-Faux-Pumpkins-7-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love the way they turned out! Spray painting faux pumpkins took me maybe an hour (including dry time) to paint about seven little pumpkins. My favorite part is I spent about $20 on the fake pumpkins and I get to use them year after year now. That&#8217;s a steal when you think that one real heirloom pumpkin would be about the same cost!<\/p>\n<p>Oh if you are interested in doing the navy pumpkins like the ones I did last year, just spray your pumpkins <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2dEtEKH\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">navy blue<\/a>, and instead of just leaving the stems as is, give them a blast of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2daVUmS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">glittery gold spray paint<\/a>! I love how they look!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Painting-Faux-Pumpkins.jpg\" alt=\"\u201cIf you love pretty white pumpkins, painting ugly faux pumpkins will save you a bundle on your fall decor!\" width=\"935\" height=\"1753\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends!&nbsp;I don&#8217;t have the most original project ever today, but I think it&#8217;s still worth sharing because hello, have you seen the price of pumpkins? I paid $6.99 for a white pumpkin and it wasn&#8217;t even one of those cute little heirloom ones. So&#8230; in an effort to save my&nbsp;money and yours (because let&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false},"categories":[40,16],"tags":[351,450,17,448,390,341],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Painting Faux Pumpkins will save you a bunch of money!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Try painting faux pumpkins white to save a bundle this fall season. 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I paid $6.99 for a white pumpkin and it wasn&#8217;t even one of those cute little heirloom ones. So&#8230; in an effort to save my&nbsp;money and yours (because let&#8217;s...","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15286,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8255\/revisions\/15286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.makinghomebase.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}