Mod Podge Fabric Dollar Store Pumpkins

I was fortunate to visit Tatertots & Jello a few weeks ago and share my first Halloween Project of the Season with Jen’s fantastic readers…

If you missed it here it is again!

For this project you’ll need:

Old foam or plastic pumpkins, leftover fabric,

Mod Podge, brushes and regular Acrylic Craft Paint…

1st:

Remove the pumpkin stems..

2nd:

Cut a bunch of strips of fabric.

{the length will depend on the size of your pumpkins}

I cut the ends of mine in an arrow shape, it was a LOT easier to work with them this way…

3rd: Let the mess begin…

Apply an even coat of Mod Podge to the section of the pumpkin you are working on.

Start gluing the strips one by one on the surface of the pumpkin overlapping them until

you cover the entire area… After apply one more coat on top of your “fabric pumpkin” If you have never worked with Mod Podge before

DON’T PANIC… it will dry CLEAR.

…I decided to paint the stems in a butter cream color.

Don’t worry about doing this perfectly, it looks better to let the old finish come through. I wasn’t joking when I said messy…

While some of the pumpkins dry I decided to paint the reminder of them the same

color as the stems…

and I added some dark stain mixed with glaze to antique them a little bit…

4th:

After wiping off the excess stain with a damp cloth, it was

Time to HOT glue the stems back!

I think… we are done! Are you ready to see them?

Here they are….

a closer look…

If you ever wonder where the fabric came from…

allow me to show you the pillows that I made to go with the entire look..

I can’t wait for the end of the month to dress up my entire home…

I love Halloween!

37 Comments

Michelle Caron on September 20, 2012 at 11:06 AM

Hi,

I just came across your modge podge pumpkins and thought they were great! I’m an intern at Instructables.com, the largest project-sharing site with well over 75k projects all submitted by our users. I see that you also post your projects on Facebook, twitter, google plus, etc and I just know our community would love to see your projects.

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Megan Luft on December 29, 2011 at 2:32 PM

I have to know where or how did you make these pillows!!! Skulls are mine and my fiance’s thing we have them all over our house and our wedding cake topper is a Mr. & Mrs. Skull… I need this can you please help!!! By the way love love your site and your Pinterest which is my new obsession for my wedding. I love being crafty and I know I can make everything now!!!! 🙂
Megan

Desiree on January 6, 2012 at 12:03 AM

Megan,

I sell the stencil here is the link…
http://www.the36thavenue.com/2012/01/new-year-new-space.html
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JaimeeB on November 11, 2011 at 12:19 AM

Thank you so much for showing us how to make these darling pumpkins. My friend and I spent the afternoon making these today and they turned out adorable! Look so cute in a basket on my entry table—thanks for sharing your talented ideas!