A Clever Hack For Making Plastic Pumpkins Look Real

You don't need a fairy godmother to transform your plastic pumpkin into a realistic decoration. Jennifer Decorates blogger Jennifer Davenport has a genius technique for creating a Halloween pumpkin that you can reuse every year!

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Start with your plastic pumpkin.

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Find some "burnt umber" acrylic paint and dilute it.

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After watering down the paint, brush it onto the pumpkin.

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Gently wipe up and down over the paint to create the smudged, authentic look of the pumpkin.

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Voilá! You would never know this pumpkin is plastic.

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