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Designer Tips: How to Decorate a Pumpkin
05.09.2023 03:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:23
Decorative pumpkins with dried shells are placed in a dark place with good air circulation and left to dry for about 6 months.
Leave a small space between the pumpkins so that they do not touch each other.
How to decorate a pumpkin
A pumpkin can not only be painted, but also decorated using the decoupage or ombre technique, supplemented with burlap, woolen threads, pushpins, a “web” of threads or sequins, painted in gold or using spray auto paint.
From a decorative pumpkin, you can make caskets and vases, arrange a winter bouquet, simply put it into fruit vases, original candlesticks are obtained from the bottom.
The fruits retain their bright color if they are not exposed to direct sunlight. They can be varnished.
How to form a decorative pumpkin
Climbing forms of decorative pumpkins do not need to be cut and shaped. Only sometimes the leaves covering the flowers are removed.
Bush forms are planted in flower beds, on lawns, in tubs. The fruits of decorative pumpkin are harvested before the onset of frost, dried in a warm room.
