Sequin Pumpkins

It’s time for another fun fall project! I’ve seen pumpkins with all sorts of decorations all over stores and the internet, but I wanted to do something a little different. I’ve always thought white pumpkins were pretty, but they’re even prettier with a little sparkle. Or maybe a lot of sparkle. I love sequins because they’re a whole lot less messy than glitter. As a bonus, there’s much less risk of the males in my family staging a revolt when I use them.

It isn’t going to take long to explain this one, but it does take some time to do. How much time depends on how big your pumpkins are and how much you want to cover them. This is a good project to do while watching TV, for example. (Hallmark Fall Harvest movies, anyone?)

Supplies:

Faux pumpkins

Sequins

Glue

This time of year it’s easy to find faux pumpkins all over the place. I bought mine at Michaels, and they had a bunch of different color and size options. I ordered them online, and they’re honestly bigger than I expected, but I’m happy with how they turned out. They certainly make a statement. 🙂 

I couldn’t find my regular Tacky glue, but I did find the clear gel version in my stash. I actually think it turned out to be perfect. It doesn’t run at all, and it dries at just the right speed. Not so fast that you don’t have time to work with it, but fast enough that it holds the sequins in place right away.

I bought regular cupped sequins from Michaels, and they are so pretty. I wanted iridescent sequins, but I considered using silver or gold instead. There are plenty of other colors to choose from as well. Each pack of the Michaels sequins comes with three different sizes, and I liked the effect of mixing them. Depending on the size of your pumpkins and how many you’re decorating, you may need more than just one pack. I had to buy a second partway into the second (and biggest) pumpkin.

I was completely winging it on this one, but it was fun to just jump right in and see what happened.

To glue on the sequins, I started around the stem. I made a line of glue right around the stem and covered it with sequins. Then I started moving out from there. I wanted the effect of some sparkle sort of dripping down the pumpkins, so after a few rows I started making some triangular shapes downward.

Sometimes I don’t know when to stop, but you do have the flexibility with this project to keep tweaking it until you’re happy with it. I certainly did.

I keep going back and forth on the stem. I originally thought I wanted it to also be iridescent, but I couldn’t figure out how to do it. I bought pipe cleaners and ribbon, both of which are too white against the cream-colored pumpkin. I decided to call it good for now, but I’m still open to ideas. If you have any, please let me know!