Seasonal Pumpkin Project

I hope everyone had a safe and happy halloween. I thought I’d share with you this great pumpkin chalkboard project I did recently. Instructions can be found here. Because you’re painting your pumpkins black instead of keeping them in their original orange color, you can cleverly take the “halloween” out of your pumpkins and carry the theme into next month’s seasonal decor, but with a versatile and creative twist. 

So here’s what I did. I started with three plump orange pumpkins…

Then I went to Home Depot and bought a rattle can of Rust-Oleum black chalk board spray paint.

 

Moments after being sprayed, they start out really shiny, then when dry they turn a dull, matted black…

 

 

Once fully dry, I carried my pumpkins inside and pulled out my box of chalk. I wrote on them “trick” - “or” - “treat” for halloween. Now that that’s passed, I will erase that and write something more fitting for Thanksgiving. Ah the beauty of chalk and do-over's…

 

 

Don’t you just love the silhouette of the black against the backlight?

 

 

The burlap pillow cases, used as table runners, were purchased at an antique store. The faux leaves are from Michaels, and the seasonal berry garlands are from Home Goods.

 

 

Happy Fall!