Painting Dollar Store Pumpkins

Ooooh, I can’t wait to show you this easy update for Dollar Store pumpkins!  You may remember, my mantel I shared on Monday.  I told you I spent only $2 to create it.  Here is where my $2 went.

Oh, okay.  They were very orange and kind of yellow and just, well, really not pleasant for my color palette.  I really loved there shape and grooves though.

For all of you who are new to Annie Sloan Chalk Paint, this is a great first project.  You can just use a sample pot for the pumpkin.  Real pumpkins paint up nice too.  I did that last year.  Click here for more on that one!

What you need for this project:

1. Pumpkins (faux or real)
2. Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
3. Paint Stick
4. Craft Paint Brush
5. Annie Sloan Wax (optional)

I decided on Old White and Versailles as they pick up the colors in my mantel.  I wanted soft and neutral.

Simply paint the pumpkins with Chalk Paint.  I did two coats.

And here’s the Versailles pumpkin:

The paint is still wet here.  I did two coats of paint and let them dry.  It took about 15 minutes to dry.  I left the stems dark.  You can add clear wax and dark wax if you want an aged effect, but I didn’t want that look.  I wanted it to look more clean and crisp.  If you are painting real pumpkins and want to put them outside don’t wax them.

The candlesticks on my mantel are also painted in Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.