Warning: This post contains some truly awful photography. Sorry.
What I Used:
2 x small pumpkins [£1 each]
Gren and Gold Glitter Glue [Large £1.99/Small £1.25, HobbyCraft]
I love my glitter glue pens [also used regularly for projects like this], so rather than make the mess I would with glue and then loose glitter, I picked a green and gold to use and chose to make my decoration free-hand.
If you would prefer, you could draw your design in pencil/pen to give you lines to follow, or print a design and draw over the top, pressing into the pumpkin and leaving an impression to use as a guide.
*SUNGLASSES ALERT*
I continued this all the way around the pumpkin, varying the lengths and making some thinker than the others and adding little splodges [not because I accidentally made one] to break it up a bit.
At the top, I made a right mess and just covered the whole thing [I think this would have all looked nicer with a proper stalk at the top, but what can you do?]
So I set about creating a much larger drip effect, covering around 2/3rds of the pumpkin. First, I started by drawing the outline with my gold glitter glue pen:
*GET THE SUNGLASSES BACK ON*
and then filled it in as best I could – I went a stage of messiness further and layered my covering as well:
Lovely….and then leave to dry [due to the layering, my pumpkins were left overnight….and whilst I was at work]… so it only took….within…18 hours to set?!
You could create almost anything and if you aren’t so keen on carving your pumpkin, you can just draw a face on instead! Next year, I think I’ll be more creative and try so swirls, writing and maybe just decorate my pumpkins a little more pretty – if you glitter your pumpkins too, I’d love to see them!