Project

Glittered Crystal-Encrusted Pumpkin

Go glitzy instead of ghoulish this Halloween. We spritzed this black pumpkin with a coat of shimmery spray paint, then gave it a glittered top with silver accents: sequins, rhinestones, and crystals. In a word? Glamorous.

Photography: Peter Ardito

Source: Martha Stewart

Introduction

This idea comes from Digital Editor Alexandra Churchill. We used a black-colored craft pumpkin, but an ordinary pumpkin can be spray-painted black if desired. Tip: Inexpensive hairspray can seal a glittered item. Spray it lightly over the surface and it will help the glitter stay on longer.

materials

Black pumpkin

Silver spray paint

Crystals (Pictured: Pearl-shaped sew-on jewels, $9.98 for 36, mjtrim.com)

Rhinestones (Pictured: $6.99 for 12, tohoshoji-ny.com)

Silver sequins

Spray adhesive

Silver glitter

Spoon

Tweezers

Hot-glue gun

steps

Cover the top of pumpkin with metallic silver spray paint, centered on the stem; let dry completely.
Cover the spray-painted top of the pumpkin with spray adhesive; then sprinkle with spoonfuls of silver glitter silver glitter; let dry. Tap off any excess glitter. Repeat gluing and glittering process on top surface of pumpkin until coverage is desired.
Decorate base of the stem with assorted sequins, rhinestones, and flat-back crystals, using tweezers and a dab of hot-glue to affix each one into place. (Tip: We used varied sizes of embellishments to achieve this dimensional look.)