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Fall Entryway Decor with DIY Decorative Pumpkins

By Lydia

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Fall entryway with painted decorative pumpkins via @lydioutloud
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These DIY Decorative Pumpkins are so easy to make and make beautiful fall decor!

Hi there friends! I’m a little late with my fall decorating this year, but with good reason. See I decided that I wanted to switch up all of my orange pumpkins in favor of more muted tones so I’ve been busy painting pumpkins. Painting lots of pumpkins. I’m pretty happy with my planter full of pumpkins, I hope you like it too.

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These decorative pumpkins are an easy DIY and very inexpensive to make. I had some craft pumpkins from and I mixed in a couple real ones for variance in texture and size (I’m not telling which are which though. 😉 ) Want to make your own decorative pumpkins? I made a variety of styles and here’s how you can replicate them:

DIY Decorative Pumpkins

Supplies (some affiliate links provided)

Craft Pumpkins (or real ones if you prefer)
MagiKote (if painting any styrofoam pumpkins)
Americana Decor Chakly Paint in Delicate
Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Vintage
DecoArt Dazzling Metallics in Glorious Gold
Paint brush/foam brush

Directions

1. If using styrofoam. If not, skip to step 2. Shake MagiKote well and spread mixture over styrofoam with a paint brush. Allow to dry and apply 2 more coats.

Coat styrofoam pumpkins in magikote.2.  For vintage white-wash chalky decorative pumpkins:

Paint with 1 coat of Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Vintage (a grey-ish blue/green color); allow to dry and then top with a coat of Americana Decor Chakly Paint in Delicate (ivory) with little paint on the brush so that the Vintage shows through.

Chalky Finish Whitewash on styrofoam pumpkins

For chalky decorative pumpkins with an ombré glistening of gold:

Paint pumpkin with Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Vintage; allow to dry. Starting at the bottom, brush DecoArt Dazzling Metallics in Glorious Gold on just the outer ridges of pumpkin, with very little paint on the brush for subtle shimmer. Stop at the midway point of pumpkin (there should be so little paint on the foam brush that it will be a gradual fade),

DIY PumpkinsFor 2-tone chalky decorative pumpkins:

Paint pumpkin with Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Delicate; allow to dry. Brush Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Vintage to just the outer ridges of pumpkin.

DIY Chalky Finish Pumpkins

For the exact reverse 2-tone chalky decorative pumpkins:

Paint pumpkin with Americana Decor Chalky Paint in Vintage; allow to dry. Brush Americana Decor Chakly Paint in Delicate to just the outer ridges of pumpkin.

DIY Decorative Pumpkins

I used a little bit of brown paint stippled on the stems of all of the decorative pumpkins.

So I finally finished all of the pumpkins and then spent awhile deciding where I wanted to put them. I decided on my entryway. The entryway is always the first place I like decorate for seasons/holidays since it’s the first place people see when they come in.

Such a beautiful fall entryway with gorgeous DIY chalky pumpkins!Fall entryway decor

I found this beautiful (and free!) Happy Fall printable art from Jones Design Company that was the perfect finishing piece.

Happy Fall free printable art

The entryway as far as I’ve gotten in my fall decorating so far. Do you like to decorate for fall? What are your favorite fall decorations?

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  1. Seri says

    September 23, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Give me pumpkin!

    Reply
  2. Shirley Wood says

    September 18, 2017 at 8:44 am

    Your pretty pumpkins are featured this week at the Merry Monday party! Thanks for your creativity! Sharing on FB tomorrow.

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      September 19, 2017 at 6:37 am

      Thank you so much Shirley! You have a lot of great ideas there and thanks for including my pumpkins! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Shirley Wood says

    September 15, 2017 at 10:53 am

    Very pretty pumpkins. I’ve been painting pumpkins this week and my fingers and sometimes my craft table too! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday.

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      September 19, 2017 at 6:14 am

      Thanks so much Shirley! Lol I always joke that I have a craft paint manicure 98% of the time. 😉

      Reply
  4. Kate Evans says

    January 27, 2017 at 8:27 am

    Hello Lydi, sounds good! I never tried it before as it is something different to decorate your home with pumpkins. I will surely try this for my home. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      January 31, 2017 at 12:30 pm

      Thanks so much Kate, I’m so glad you are going to try it! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Melia says

    October 14, 2016 at 9:22 am

    I never would have thought of this. You are creative.

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:05 am

      Thank you so much Melia, that is so sweet of you!

      Reply
  6. Rachel says

    October 10, 2016 at 10:22 pm

    This is SO cute!! I need some pumpkin decorations in my life!

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    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:14 am

      Thanks so much Rachel! 🙂

      Reply
  7. angie says

    October 10, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    beautiful I love the color you selected
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    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:19 am

      Thank you so much Angie!

      Reply
  8. Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says

    October 10, 2016 at 4:26 pm

    Very cute!

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:22 am

      Thanks Erin! 🙂

      Reply
  9. Lauren says

    October 10, 2016 at 3:24 pm

    What a cute fall DIY – I love how you decorated for fall with more-neutral colors!

    Lauren
    http://www.anexplorersheart.com

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    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:23 am

      Thanks Lauren! I love some neutrals!

      Reply
  10. Diane Nordhoff says

    October 9, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    Very pretty. Love the shades you used!

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:30 am

      Thanks so much Diane!

      Reply
  11. Emily says

    October 9, 2016 at 7:27 pm

    Love your pumpkins! Your entry looks beautiful 🙂

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:32 am

      Thank you so much Emily! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Shellie says

    October 9, 2016 at 12:05 pm

    Very cool! Very crafty pumpkin decor!

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:33 am

      Thanks Shellie!

      Reply
  13. Melissa @ Made by Melissa Lee says

    October 9, 2016 at 10:29 am

    Those are sooo pretty Lydia! You are one crafty lady 🙂

    Reply
    • Lydia says

      October 17, 2016 at 8:33 am

      You’re so sweet! Thank you so much Melissa! 🙂

      Reply

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Hello! I'm Lydi, thank you for stopping by! I'm a recipe creator (and taster!), beauty product hoarder, DIY-er, Buckeye fanatic and lover of home decorating (and peanut butter).
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