I’ve been drooling over painted stacked pumpkins for years. I would see them everywhere I went. Each and everyone of them would scream my name. Only, there was one big problem. They all cost more than my Halloween budget allowed.
I thought that I had hit pay dirt when I saw this set of stacked pumpkins from At Home.
However, at $99.00, they still were more than I was willing to spend on Halloween decor.
Then, on a recent shopping trip, at the very back of a Marshall’s store my little eye spied a stack of pumpkins.
No, they weren’t painted in bright Halloween colors, but they were stacked and they were under $30.00.
I couldn’t get them in my basket fast enough!
I was so excited that I didn’t get a “before” picture of them. My bad.
Step 1:
The pumpkins received a few good coats of white multi-surface paint before painting the colorful designs.
Step 2:
The top pumpkin was painted with bright white and orange stripes.
Step 3:
The middle stacked pumpkin was painted a black and white check pattern with tiny gold dots at the intersections.
Step 4:
And the bottom pumpkin?
Yep, you guessed it.
I was still so excited that I didn’t get a picture of it either!
If you look closely at the photo above, you can see that the bottom pumpkin was painted black with large white and orange polk-a-dots.
Step 5:
Before I put the stacked pumpkins on my front porch, I gave the pumpkins a quick spray of clear coat and added a little raffia and ribbon to the pumpkin’s stem.
Even pumpkins need a little bling!
I love how my painted stacked pumpkins turned out!
They are definitely the star of my Halloween porch.
Was it worth the time and expense to paint my own stacked pumpkins?
Absolutely!
I don’t count the many hot minutes it took to paint the pumpkins as I love to paint.
As for the cost, the total cost of the pumpkins was under $38.00.
Definitely in my Halloween budget!
Until next time….
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