I love the colors of candy corn, so I was inspired by them this year for my front porch decorations! I created several pumpkins including a Chevron Candy Corn Pumpkin and paired them with my Candy Corn Vases for a pretty display, but I needed just one more pumpkin and I knew the perfect technique…one that I’ve had a lot of luck with…the Crayon Drip Pumpkin! You can see my post from last year where I did this pumpkin in a rainbow of colors here. This version is more subtle and much more fallish. I love them both. Here’s how you can get this candy corn look!
What you need:
Lay down your surface cover before you begin. First open up the Tacky Glue and squeeze out some around the stem. You may wonder why you need glue…well, if you don’t have atleast a little bit of glue, this project will turn into a hot mess and all your crayons will fly all over the place. And let me just say, you don’t want melted crayons on your wall or carpet.
Break up your crayons and place in orange and yellow intervals around the entire stem.
Let the glue dry atleast a few minutes before you move onto the next step to secure them in place.
…as you can see here. Continue melting until almost all your crayons are melted. Notice the splashes of crayon and wild crayon that flew off onto the surface cover.
You can make some of the crayon run down the pumpkin by pointing the blow dryer downward. I think this makes for a cooler, more abstract drip look! Also, it doesn’t leave clumps of crayons in some spots and not others.
Let the pumpkin dry for just a few minutes and you have a cool new pumpkin to put on display!
Here’s my little display. I bought the chair and side table/cardboard whatchamacalit at a local rummage sale for $20. I love that they were already perfectly distressed!
Which version do you like better, the rainbow drip pumpkin or candy corn crayon pumpkin?
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