Shabby Chic pumpkin

Happy tuesday!

Before we get started let's get a good laugh in,

I hung this pumpkin on the front door to take a picture

to share and noticed right away it looks like I have a pumpkin

head!   Hahahaa!

Here's what we created,

Have you heard of coco liners?

They are the inserts you put into outdoor

pots for planting flowers.

That is what we used to make these pumpkins. 

These are coco liners, you can find them 

HERE- Coco Liners

We added some stamped tags, on one side

it says October 31st and the reverse side

it says "so grateful" so you can use it from one

holiday to the next. 

We started with the coco liner and three strips of jute that we glued with hot glue then painted the whole thing orange.

Using a glue gun we cut three strips of jute and glued

them to the liner before we painted the pumpkin.

After that we took a regular sized brown paper bag

and twisted it for the stem.  Once you get it all twisted

decide the length you like and cut down to size.

Glue it directly onto the top of your pumpkin. 

Take some spanish moss and add some to the top

around the stem. 

This is looking down on it as we worked away.

You can add some green leaves around the moss. 

You can see everyone working away painting their

pumpkins.   We used acrylic paint and sponge brushes

 rubbing lightly onto the liners to cover them with the paint. 

Note: we covered the back by cutting cardboard

pieces from Amazon orders I had in the garage.

Use what you have!

You can do this by first tracing your pumpkin liner onto the cardboard

and cutting it out.  Use your glue gun to adhere the cardboard to the pumpkin.   We also painted the back although you don't have too.

Use some of your jute to create a loop to glue to the back so hang your pumpkin.

Let me know what you think!!