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3 Ways To Upcycle A Dollar Store Pumpkin

November 21, 2016 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations10 Comments

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I can not believe how fast this year has gone by. With Thanksgiving around the corner and Christmas following on it’s heels. I have been rushing around trying to get some Thanksgiving and Christmas decor made. That’s when the 3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin was born.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

How 3 Ways To Upcycle A Dollar Store Pumpkin Came About

You know how you start a project then it gets pushed aside for another. Then you just seem to forget about it and it sits there in the pile of started and forgot projects.

Well this is how these dollar store pumpkin started out. I had seen a paint technique that I had wanted to try out. I started it by spray painting two of the pumpkins grey. Then I just got started on something else and just never got back to it.

Then while looking around for some projects that I can do quickly I came upon my started and forgot projects. I pulled out the 3 dollar store pumpkins. Instead of painting them all alike, I decided to make each one different.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

Faux Pewter Paint Technique

This first pumpkin I tried the faux pewter paint technique on it. I had already painted it grey.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

So now I dabbed black paint into the grooves of the pumpkin.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

Then using a paper towel I dabbed some of it off and bring a little bit of the black over the rest of the pumpkin. Leaving the darker areas in the grooves. Then I just set it aside (but not forgotten) to work on the next pumpkin.

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Chalk Paint Pumpkin

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

This little pumpkin all I did was give it two coats of Waverly chalk paint.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

Once dry I just dabbed on a little white paint, and that’s all I did for this pumpkin.

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Decoupaged Dollar Store Gourd

The last of my 3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin is this decoupaged gourd. This was one that I started out to try the pewter technique on but instead decided to decoupage a napkin on it.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

I cut my napkins into pieces, then working in small sections I applied some mod podge to the gourd.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

Then I placed the napkin piece over the mod podge, and added more mod podge over it.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

I continued working in small sections until I had the gourd completely covered.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

That’s it for the 3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin, or gourd.

3 ways to upcycle a dollar store pumpkin

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Supply List

Waverly chalk paint
Napkins
Mod Podge
Grey spray paint
Pumpkins
Gourd
Black acrylic paint
White acrylic paint

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  1. Michelle says

    November 28, 2016 at 11:35 am

    That’s so cool Linda. I love how the first little pumpkin turned out. It really looks like pewter. You’d never say it was plastic, it looks so heavy and metal-ish.

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      November 30, 2016 at 5:58 pm

      Thanks Michelle! I could kick my butt for not finishing the project last year, instead of starting it then setting it aside. I really love how it turned out.

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  2. Terri Steffes says

    November 29, 2016 at 6:49 am

    I like all of these! The pewter is dramatic and I really like that!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      November 30, 2016 at 5:53 pm

      Thanks Terri! I think the pewter one is my favorite.

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  3. Renee Fuller says

    November 29, 2016 at 8:42 am

    What a great craft and upcycle project. I love the decoupage. Thanks for sharing and giving such great ideas!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      November 30, 2016 at 5:51 pm

      Thanks Renee! I like the decoupage one too. I thought that the napkin pattern would look pretty nice on it.

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  4. Nikki says

    December 5, 2016 at 11:43 am

    Linda, this turned out so cool! With the treatment you have added these pumpkins and gourds can be used for more than just Thanksgiving. They would look great nestled into a door wreath or a table centerpiece. The pewter gourd really looks like pewter. And I love the napkin that you mod podged over the Gourd. It turned out really cool. What a great project that is inexpensive but doesn’t look it at all!

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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      December 6, 2016 at 5:46 am

      Thank you Nikki! I think that is a great idea using them in a door wreath. The pewter one is my favor, I will have to try that paint technique in some other craft projects. The napkin was from a package that I bought at the dollar tree to decoupage a basket, but just haven’t gotten to that yet.

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