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Dollar Store Pumpkin / Faux Mercury Glass Pumpkin

October 30, 2019 By: Linda @ Mixed Kreations4 Comments

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Hi All! Recently I purchased some Dollar Store Pumpkins and was wanting to try giving one or two a faux mercury glass finish. This is the first time that I’ve tried this technique. Not knowing how it would turn out on a Styrofoam pumpkin. The first one I tried was a complete failure. So on to the next one which was a shiny orange, to begin with. Both were made out of styrofoam except one was shiny the other was not. I am much happier with how the second faux mercury glass pumpkin attempt turned out.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

Faux Mercury Glass Pumpkin

First I took the sunflower and leaf off the pumpkin.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin
Dollar Store Pumpkin Faux Mercury Glass Pumpkin 6

I placed it on some cardboard out in the garage and gave it a few sprays of half water and half vinegar mix. Then I gave it a light coat of my metallic spray paint.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin
faux mercury glass pumpkin

Letting it dry a couple of minutes before dabbing the water off with a clean paper towel.

faux mercury glass pumpkin

Repeating this step on both sides.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

It didn’t come out like I was hoping it would but I am happy with how some of the shiny orange shows through the metallic paint.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

Once the pumpkin was dry I added a wood peg that I had painted brown. Using hot glue to hold it in place.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin
How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

Next, I took the leaf that I had removed from the pumpkin and added a few more fall colors to it as I did in these easy diy fall leaves.

diy fall leaf / how to add color to leaves

Hot glue it in place as well.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

The tendril was made by wrapping a piece of wire around one end of a paintbrush.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin
How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin
How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

Then I just stuck one end into the Styrofoam pumpkin and gave it a dab of hot glue too.

How to upcycle a Dollar Store pumpkin into a faux mercury glass pumpkin

That’s it for my attempt at making a faux mercury glass pumpkin. If you have any tips, please share!

Faux Mercury Glass Pumpkin Supplies

Metallic looking glass spray paint
Shiny Dollar Store pumpkin
Spray bottle with half water and vinegar
Paper towel
Wood peg leaf
Wire
Paintbrush
Pliers
Hot glue gun

More Fun Fall Projects!

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Happy fall yall

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  1. Michelle Leslie says

    November 2, 2019 at 3:20 am

    Mmmmmm, I wonder why your first one didn’t work out. Maybe that shiny coating protected the styrofoam from the chemicals in the spray paint? Either way, I’m glad you gave it another go, Linda. She looks so pretty. The silver almost makes the orange bits that show through look like bronze.
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      November 12, 2019 at 3:49 pm

      Thank you Michelle! I think the shiny coating did have something to do with it. Kept it from absorbing it so much. Now I need to try it on glass.

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  2. Christina woodcock says

    November 3, 2019 at 8:03 am

    Love these Linda! So cute and simple 🙂
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    • Linda @ Mixed Kreations says

      November 12, 2019 at 3:48 pm

      Thank you Christina!

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