If you’re anything like me, you love the girlier side of life. Halloween’s main colors are black, dark purple, and red so it doesn’t fit the pink aesthetic. To fit my decor, I decided to make a pink pumpkin and celebrate Halloween aesthetically. Since I love my pink pumpkin so much, I’ve decided to share how I made it.
What you’ll need
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A plastic pumpkin
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White paint
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Pink paint
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Fake flowers
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Pearl or diamond stickers
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Wire cutters
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Hot glue gun
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I was able to find my pumpkin base at Michael’s and it was already white. If you have a white pumpkin, go ahead and skip to step two. But if you can’t find a white pumpkin, you can use any color pumpkin! Paint your pumpkin with two coats of white paint to create a base. Make sure each layer is completely dry before applying the next.
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Once the white paint has dried, start applying your pink paint. This will take about two layers, or three depending on how sheer the paint is. Make sure to let each layer dry.
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You’ll want to put the flowers on the pumpkin before adding the decorations so nothing falls off. Remove the flowers and leaves from their stems and set them aside. If you can’t do it by hand, you might need to use the wire cutters to make the process easier. I like to start by arranging the big flowers first on the top of the pumpkin. Hot glue the flowers down and take a step back to make sure you like the position. You can start adding in the mix of small flowers and leaves until you get a beautiful floral arrangement on your pumpkin.
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To add the decorations, you can use pearl or diamond stickers along your pumpkin. I used pearls because it’s what I preferred, but you could use anything you like. The pearls I used had a sticky back so I was able to place them down until I liked where they were. I used a mixture of large and small pearls to give my pumpkin some character. To reinforce the stickers, I add a small dollop of hot glue on the back so the stickers last longer.
Ta-da! You’ve created your own Pink-O-Ween pumpkin.