DIY Pink Marbled Pumpkins with Paint
INSIDE : See how to create simple and fun DIY Pink Marbled Pumpkins with Paint! Plus, being able to reuse them year after year is a major bonus on the budget.
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This post has been updated since it’s original October 2017 publish date.
I love repurposing things! I recently made two adorable Sand Art pumpkins that matched my Tassel Pumpkin. I then had nine extra Sand Art Pumpkins leftover.
Instead of buying more sand to make more pumpkins, I used those extra pumpkins and created these adorable DIY Pink Marbled Pumpkins! I’m so excited to share how to whip these up in no time at all.
If you are looking for more information about everything involving marbling, my Marbling 101 post might be just what you are looking for!
What supplies are needed to marble pumpkins?
- Sand Art Pumpkins (or glass pumpkin like jars)
- Acrylic Paint
- Mini Funnels
- Gold Pipe Cleaner
- Green Scrapbook Paper
- Scissors
- Hot Glue
OPTIONAL : Black Sharpie or Black Vinyl to draw on face
How do I make painted marble pumpkins?
The first step to making painted marble pumpkins is filling each pumpkin with acrylic paint.
I used about 3 or 4 different shades of pink, orange and raspberry for each pumpkin.
Looking for some fun Pumpkin decor for this Fall season? Check these out…
Funnel paint into pumpkins
Some of my acrylic paints did not have easy to pour spouts, so I used Mini Funnels which made it MUCH easier and saved me from making a huge mess!
If you notice the paint is getting stuck going through the funnel (or pumpkin), it’s okay to push it down a bit with a toothpick or even slightly water it down to make it slide easier.
I was making multiple pumpkins at once – just mixing and adding different colors to each one. It was really quite fun experimenting color combinations with them!
Shake your pumpkin
Once you have a decent amount of paint in each pumpkin, I put the lid back on the pumpkin and gave them a good long shake! This shaking helps give the marbled look.
And it becomes apparent after shaking, if you need to add more paint to cover the entire surface of the pumpkin or not. You can see below my pumpkin needed a bit more paint to fully cover the top portion.
Allow to dry
After all the pumpkins have enough paint to cover their insides, remove the lids and let them dry open for a few hours.
Adding Gold Pumpkin Stems
After the pumpkins were dry, I curled gold pipe cleaners around the top of the pumpkins.
And using different patterned green and black scrapbook papers, I cut out a few simple leaves and hot glued them to the pipe cleaners + pumpkins. I loved that they are stripes and polka dots.
If your pumpkins don’t have faces, you can always use a black sharpie marker or even cut simple pumpkin eyes and mouths from black vinyl to create your very own pink marbled jack-o-lantern look!
Pink Marble Pumpkins
The final product are a table full of adorable colorful pink and orange toned marble pumpkins!
Because I am a strong believer to make each holiday the colors that speak to your heart and to your home – so we embrace lots of happy color come fall.
However, these could easily be made using your favorite reds, rust and orange more traditional colored paints, too!
Did I mention, your kids will adore filling pumpkins and shaking? This is a great kid tested project!
Looking for other Marbled Projects with Paint? You might be interested in my Marbled Bookmarks.
Ready to check out some of my other fun pumpkins from over the years?
These are amazing! I’d love to give them ago! I also love the colours you used! What brand of Acrylic Paints are these? xx
Thanks so much, Lauren! They are the Handmade Modern, Target brand of paint. I love all their color options.
I’ve never seen sand art pumpkins before. They look cute filled with paint. I would love for you to stop by diyhshp.blogspot.com and link these up to my More the Merrier Monday link party.
Thanks for the link party invite! I’ll stop over now.
These are too cute! I love pink for Fall! So YOU!
Ha, when you can’t find pink pumpkins in nature… make them! 😉
I love these little guys, Amy! Also how you keep making your own pink pumpkins. 🙂 So cute!
When you can’t find them in nature… make your own pink pumpkins, haha!