I saw this picture this year and felt so inspired by it! I really considered getting faux pumpkins and painting them and then figuring out how to create this installation. There are approximately 31 pumpkins on that porch... even if I only did one vertical installation - it would have been at minimum 6 pumpkins. And for reasons I can't fathom - faux pumpkins are EXPENSIVE - at Michaels a 13" Orange Craft Pumpkin by Ashland is $29.99 - same size at Walmart $14.98. So I settled on buying a few real pumpkins and painting them. I really had fun with it!
2. I kept our color palette limited to black, white, dark pink, light pink, orange and tan. Like the inspiration picture.
3. I found the paint dries pretty quickly and that two coats looks great.
4. I found the perfect disposable paint trays - at Dollar Tree! They're Styrofoam rectangles and really perfect for painting projects with kids!
5. While at Dollar Tree - I also got plastic cups that are now designated as paint water cups.
6. And I believe you can get foam paint brushes there. DT FTW!
They look SO cute on the porch!!
A special thanks to my mom Debbie and my niece Gia for painting pumpkins with me!
