DIY Outdoor Glam Pumpkin Display | The Everyday Hostess

Please pardon these terribly unprofessional photos. This was a last minute project that we did and thanks to all your sweet requests, we decided to share!

Since we purchased our house in March, I’ve been heads down focused on home decor, curtain selection, and how the heck to organize my study, and I completely lost track of the seasons. So when I finally looked at my calendar last week and realized we have over 7 different dinner parties at our house over the next month, all fabric stalking had to pause and I majorly needed to add some fall festivity to our home and spruce up our front porch to welcome all our upcoming guests!

If you’ve been following the blog for a while now, you know how I love to add a touch of glam to everything – and that includes our fall decor. I’ve had my eye set on these gorg Hot Skwash pumpkins from my inspo board, but, of course, time got away from me before I ordered them and I needed a festive and budget friendly porch display ASAP. So I went the DIY route with these metallic spray painted pumpkins and I’m SO glad we did.

This project cost less than $60 and I’ve been receiving so many sweet compliments on them from you all and our neighbors! So as promised, here is my quick and easy DIY tutorial for a festive and glam pumpkin display.

SELECT YOUR PUMPKINS

As I mentioned, time was of the essence, so I just ran down to our neighborhood Trader Joe’s and bought a large selection of pumpkins in various sizes. I chose about 2 dozen of their baby white $0.69 pumpkins (white because they are easier to spray paint than the orange ones), 3 of their $3.99 carving pumpkins, and then 4 of their more specialty $6.99 white and natural colored pumpkins.

2. Preserve your Pumpkins

Nothing is worse than putting together a gorgeous pumpkin display only to have them rot immediately or have them nibbled on by squirrels. To avoid this, I spent 15 minutes preserving them by giving them a little bleach bath. I threw all of them in one big bath tub and added about 3 tbs of bleach for every 3 gallons of water. I let them soak for about 5 minutes, and then rotated them 3 more times. I emptied the bathtub, let them air dry in there and voila! Preserved pumpkins!

Spray Paint Your Pumpkins

Once your pumpkins are dry from their little bleach bath, they are ready to be spray painted! I prepped them by wrapping painters tape on their stems because I wanted it to be a natural color, but if you want them painted as well, you can skip this step!

For our colors, I went with a rich fall color palette, but I still wanted them to have more of a glam look, so I chose the Pure Gold color, Pearl Mist color, and the Copper Rose color (this one is my favorite) all by Rustoleum; however, you can choose any colors you want based on the vibe you are going for! The colors came out crisp and bright, just the way I wanted them to and only took 30 minutes to dry. Once they were dry, I flipped them over just to make sure I didn’t miss anything on the bottom, and there you have it! Gorgeously painted fall pumpkins that are perfect for your front porch! (Quick tip – if you want a more natural look, but want to keep them away from the squirrels, spray paint them in a clear paint!)

If you want to continue with the theme like I did, consider painting a few extra to include within your dining room tablescape or throughout your house!