Thread: Pumpkin Corpsing

Tweet

Those look gnarly. I'll be doin' this one for sure.

Thank you for the video! My husband & I decided this year to try & not buy a bunch of new things for props, so we made some adjustments to the techniques and were really happy with the results. I can't wait until the funkins to go 75-90% off at Michaels (end of November or early December) so we can really get an army going.

A totally poor photo but it works:


(we found it works well for making faux wood signs as well, this was over foam core board from the dollar store)

We opted not to buy liquid latex & instead we used a mixture of latex paint, elmer's glue, and water. I just mixed and poured until I got a consistancy I could paint on easily. We also found with this mixture it was easier to first paint on the "glue", apply a cotton strip, then allow to dry before covering. I found I spent less time "chasing" it around. Total time on each pumpkin was probably less than an hour or so, minus drying time. I also found it was easier to unroll the cotton balls while I was sitting in the car so if he drove anywhere, I had my two plastic bags with me so I could unroll instead of playing with my phone or doing nothing.