So I saw this adorable pin on Pinterest (yes I am on it, yes I am addicted)….courtesy of Better Homes and Gardens….and decided I need to make “candycorn pumpkins” for my front steps.
The description says the pumpkins are spray painted….and I have about 2,187 cans of spray paint in my basement….so I went to work.
I think it’s wise to paint the bottoms first. Notice my cute little helper in the background watching.
Unfortunately……I way oversprayed…..and it ran everywhere. Note to self: SEVERAL THIN coats of paint work best. Every painter knows this. Duh…..
Then I flipped the pumpkins right side up….
And tinfoiled the stems ‘cuz I didn’t want those painted.
I didn’t like the overspray that the spray paint was leaving. I thought the BH&G pumpkins had a crisper transition between colors…… so I decided to tape off a paint line. Tthat looked ridiculous (see above).
And think they look ok from a distance.
Especially when the camera is tilted.
I’m just not sure how BH&G did it. Thoughts???
Welcome to fall y’all.
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I saw those in your post yesterday and I totally wanted to try it. I’m so glad you explained how to do it. I think yours like so much better than mine will. 🙂
What if the orange is actually sprayed on too? They could have gotten a “pumpkin orange” colored spray paint and sprayed that on last. Would that have given them this type of look?
Yours look great! Thanks for being the one to actually step out and try this thing we keep seeing all over Pinterest!! They started with weird-shaped pumpkins… and then the proportion of paint was a lot of yellow and very little white… that might help a little. {This post has a lot of extra white space at the end that I am sure you didn’t intend.} I love your porch! Great job!!! Blessings!
It looks like BH and G airbrushed theirs. But I still like how yours turned out too!
I’m thinking they had some photoshop magic.
If you can’t exactly duplicate the look I don’t who else could.
maybe they spongepainted the transitions to make them blend?
What about holding a piece of paper up, so not the crisp line of the tape, but a softer transition.
I spray painted the wine bottles like this and it did quite well, however I couldn’t just put “plain” pumpkins outside on my porch.:). So I decided to do the candy corn pumpkins as well. I hand painted as apposed to spraying and used a dry brush to feather the edges for a softer look. I’m sure BH&G are most likely airbrushed. Yours looks great! Thanks for all the beautiful pumpkin inspirations. I think I’ve almost made them all. I truly enjoy your site.:)