My Papered Pumpkins

Let me start out by saying that I will most likely not do this again.  Nope. Not again.  I would buy some that other people make, but I won’t be Mod Podging my fingers up again any time soon.   So let me show you the pumpkins in their finished state first.

I showed you the pumpkins and paper that I had decided to use.  I figured going small would make it an easier project.  I was very much mistaken.  It did not.

I cut my paper into strips, about an inch wide, and had the length go to about the center of the bottom of the pumpkin.  I put Mod Podge on, then a strip, and continued that way.  Because of the shape, you have to go back and fill in the “gaps” with more strips. 

I believe that the Country Living article suggests tearing your toile paper and attaching it that way rather than strips.  And, that may be a  much better idea.  I also think it is a much better idea if you use a larger pumpkin that probably does not have as many grooves to it as these pumpkins. 

I hope this doesn’t discourage others from trying this out if you had planned to; this is just my experience and it probably would have gone easier with larger pumpkins.  Not every project goes smoothly and I like to share the successes and failures with you.

Don’t forget to check out the current giveaway I have going on ~ a copy of Cabbages and Roses book, At Home With Country.  Click here to enter. 

Kathy