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Shortcut Decoupage Pumpkins

Transform a cheap orange pumpkin into a blue and white chinoiserie pumpkin that looks like a million bucks with just napkins, white paint, and Mod Podge!
5 from 2 votes
1 hour

Equipment

  • Paint Brush (craft brush or foam brush)
  • Scissors

Ingredients
  

  • Faux Pumpkin
  • Patterned Paper Napkins
  • Matte Mod Podge
  • White Latex Paint (craft, household, or spray paint)

Instructions
 

  • Remove the stem from pumpkin (or tape off an unremoveable stem)
  • Paint the pumpkin white on all sides.
  • Separate the layers of a napkin, discarding all but the top printed layer (see tips in post).
  • Cut patterns out of napkin.
  • Paint some Mod Podge on the pumpkin where you'll place a design.
  • Lay a piece of the napkin pattern on top of the wet Mod Podge.
  • Brush another coat of Mod Podge over the napkin piece, smoothing it out with the brush.
  • Keep applying pattern pieces to the pumpkin until you have as many as you'd like, but make sure to leave a lot of the white pumpkin showing.
  • Reattach the stem (decorating or painting first if desired).
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