My creepy pumpkin tutorial

kloey74 · Oct 13, 2012

My first reaper victim requested a pumpkinrot so I did some googling!

Step 1: carve a fake pumpkin, cover it in modge podge, and then cover with unwrapped cotton balls

Step 2: after it dries, cover in another layer of modge podge

Step 3: spray paint black

Step 4: paint shades of brownish orange

These are really easy to make and kinda addicting too

Saki.Girl · Oct 13, 2012

this is awesome thanks for sharing i am going to give it a try

kloey74 · Oct 13, 2012

You definitely want to give it plenty of time for it to dry between step 1 and 2. Otherwise the cotton will come off and get stuck all over your brush.

Saki.Girl · Oct 14, 2012

great going to start step one tonight

Kymmm · Oct 13, 2012

What a simple but effective technique!! I will be doing at least one of these for next year... Hmmm... I have a Nightmare before Christmas yard display for Christmas in the works, These would look great in that as well!
Thanks for posting!!

Lazy D · Oct 13, 2012

very nice but i am lost what is modge podge?

kloey74 · Oct 13, 2012

Modge podge is usually found in the craft isle with glues and sealants.

Haunted Nana · Oct 14, 2012

Thanks for sharing this awesome pumpkin craft Kloey. I think I'll get the girls to help with this they will love it.

annamarykahn · Oct 14, 2012

turned out very kewl!

me likey

amk

SpookyDude44 · Oct 14, 2012

Looks great, thanks for sharing!

UnOrthodOx · Oct 14, 2012

You had me at mod podge. LOVE the stuff.

Looks great!

ALKONOST · Oct 14, 2012

You made this look so easy! I have modge podge, paints (including black spray paint) and the cotton... now I need to go get me a funkin

Thanks for sharing Kloey!

Tom's Ghost · Oct 15, 2012

That is awesome. I was starting to wonder when the first picture came up with cotton all over the pumpkin. Then was inspired when I saw the final picture. Great idea. Thanks

pumpkinpie · Oct 18, 2012

Love this look. I'm new to the fake pumpkins, where did you get yours? Is this a funkin? How expensive are they and would it be light enough to float them from the ceiling (like in Harry Potter)?

Sorry I have so many questions but I would love to recreate this for a Harry Potter party

kloey74 · Oct 18, 2012

I got mine at Michael's. They are about 10 to 15 dollars. I think you could hang them if the string was strong enough.

kengi1600 · Oct 26, 2012

Awesome job

Push Eject · Oct 30, 2012

Really cool idea and technique.

lizzyborden · Nov 12, 2012

Wow! I was just going to PM you to ask you how you did mine and I found this thread. I guessed the cotton balls but not the modge podge.

The Halloween Lady · Nov 12, 2012

Nice tutorial, good work! Thanks for sharing.

JustJimAZ · Nov 14, 2012

You can do this with electric pumpkins from the store as well, of course!

AZ Haunters is doing a corpsing make and take this Sunday, and we'll be including Jack-O-Lanterns!

Mistress of the Abyss · Nov 17, 2012

Oh I like this idea! Pity I caught this too late I would of stocked up on tons of pumpkins lol!

JustJimAZ · Nov 17, 2012

Mistress! I cannot believe you would not just do that anyway!
;-)

matrixmom · Mar 24, 2013

FYI peeps... I was going to do this to some of my pumpkins this year. Instead of unrolling cotton balls, CVS has rolled cotton in a box (kind of like toilet paper). You can cut to the length you want and glue away instead of unrolling hundreds of cotton balls.....in first aid section.

loonistoon · Aug 15, 2014

LOVE this!

What kind of paints are you using?

JustJimAZ · Aug 15, 2014

I can tell you I have done this using ordinary latex paint for both the base coat and the highlights. I have also used black spray paint for the base coat and then latex highlights. Acrylics would work as well.

Ordinary PVA glue (like Elmer's) works in place of Mod Podge too.

halloweenfan5 · Aug 15, 2014

it would also be awesome to see someone try this with a final coat of some UV paint and pop that baby under a black light!!! I will most certainly be making a dozen of these for my display this year!! Thanks for sharing!!

HaunterMom · Aug 15, 2014

Looks great!! Did you use cotton balls and pull them or some kind of cotton strips? Also, what kind of paint did you use? What colors? Thank you!

Reaper Wench · Aug 17, 2014

Pumpkin Rot

Do you allow the second coat of modge podge dry before spray painting? Thanks for the info. In going to try making one or eight.

NotTheBatesMotel · Sep 20, 2014

Does anyone know if you could sub batting for the cotton balls?

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