Fall Decor: Dollar Tree Stackable Pumpkin Centerpiece

 

This week's BFF Open House continues here through tomorrow. 

I found the Dollar Tree stacking pumpkins WAY before Halloween, but I've learned, grab it or lose it when it comes to DT finds. I knew I wanted to save them for AFTER Halloween for Fall decorating. There are so many ways to use these stacks. Run NOW, if you want any of the Christmas ones. Confession: I bought both the snowmen and tree stacks. Mr. Chocolate doesn't even blink anymore. 

Supplies:

• Dollar Tree Stackable Pumpkins
• Rustoleum Spray Paint, Copper
• Multi-surface Acrylic Paint, Black
• Baking Soda
• Misc. Ribbons

They were cute as is, but we're Makers so that rarely happens, right? 

Somewhere in my online travels, I saw these done with three different colors, an idea I really liked. I also wanted to try the popular baking soda paint technique and this project was perfect for that. 

I decided to make the middle pumpkin copper and the top one black. I used the Rustoleum Copper for this. 

I did the baking soda paint for the top layer by mixing some into the paint, then shaking more atop and brushing it off with a dry brush. I painted the stem with some Craft Smart Multi-Surface acrylic paint in Copper. 

What I learned: Less is more. I didn't think I had enough baking soda at first, so I added more. It got a little clumpy but that brushed off and I went back over with plain paint and then pouring the baking soda over it took care of things. 

If you haven't played with these, they just click into place. I've seen projects done where people glue the stacks together but I knew I wanted to disassemble for storage so I didn't do that. I don't need to hear about storage from you know who. 

Here is the whole thing, assembled. Now for the fun. I neglected to take pics, but I grabbed some ribbon from my stash and made a couple of whatever this style of bow is called. Then I wrapped ribbon around the top/middle and middle/bottom pumpkins, and added my bows. 

I am really happy with how it turned out and it ties together different color schemes in my Fall decor. I found the vinyl table runner at Dollar Tree, and made over the "Gather" sign, another previous DT find from another year. It had been deep burgundy and gold. The black and copper pumpkins are tissue-paper-covered DT Foam Pumpkins with stems I made from aluminum foil.