Make a cool and stylish metallic pumpkin in no time using Tacky Glue and a string of gold mardi gras beads. Such a sophisticated look that screams upscale, don’t you think?
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What you need:– small round pumpkin
– 3 yards gold plastic mardi gras beads (you can also use several bead necklaces)
– Aleene’s Original Tacky Glue
– scissors
What you do:
Starting at top of pumpkin, squeeze out a small amount of glue and attach gold beads in place. Add glue and tightly swirl around pumpkin, making sure to keep the rows tight. Do 4 or 5 rows and let dry . Come back to the pumpkin later and do a few more rows, let dry. Finally, complete your pumpkin by finishing the bottom off. Since you don’t see the bottom, I actually didn’t bead that part, so that the pumpkin had a sturdy base, as opposed to a wobbly one.
If I did this project again, I think I would spray paint the pumpkin gold before I wrapped the beads, but it still is a very stunning pumpkin on it’s own. I envision setting this next to other metallic pumpkins in different textures and techniques. Would make for a beautiful display.
Don’t be afraid to try out other mardi gras beads or mix and match colors for a striped effect!
Until next time Swellions!
