Before/After

Facelift for Dollar Store Pumpkins

9/13/2010


I'm always amazed at what odds and ends I find at the dollar store. The quality is never the greatest, BUT you get what you pay for and you can always turn it into something better. Take these pumpkins, at the dollar store these little fellas looked like this:


Add some gold and brown spray paint, a few fall leaves and they turn into this:



Which, to me looked a little disturbing. However, they actually came with tiny lights inside (I did not have batteries to test them out), so you could use them as a night light or line your walk for Halloween. I just couldn't stand seeing the creepy face they made at me when I went in my powder room... so I turned them around.

You Might Also Like

12 comments

  1. I love the dollar store for exactly this reason! Cheap but adorable ideas!! Love it!
    ~Tana

    ReplyDelete
  2. Those are so adorable.

    Bree

    ReplyDelete
  3. I like the top one - he's so cute! The bottom one is a bit creepy, but it IS Halloween, after all! Nice job! :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Totally loving this! I bought two of these exact same pumpkins tonight as a matter of fact! :) You're so creative!! I'm happy to be your newest follower of your delightful blog and I would love to have you as a friend at Frou Frou Decor! I'd also like to invite you to link your sweet creations up at my weekly Fabulous Friday Finds party! Hope to see you there!
    Hugs to you,
    ~Terrell @ Frou Frou Decor~

    ReplyDelete
  5. These are too cute! I couldn't tell they were those kinds of pumpkins! What an improvement! I agree. They do look better turned backwards!

    To bad they weren't pumpkins you already had...They would have qualified for the Recycled Halloween Craft Challenge I am hosting on henthornehandmade.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  6. I love it! Either way! It's sorta cute they kept creeping you out tho!!


    I'm visiting from It's so Very Cheri! :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. great thinking! i just posted that i do this too-i have pumpkins that have halloween on one side, and are plain (perfect for fall) on the other! love whatever color you painted them!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hahaha. The face side is a little disturbing, but turned around they're gorgeous!!

    I'd love for you to come and join my Fall link party next Friday (Sept. 24) and stop by because I'll be posting fall projects all week and featuring others too!

    ~JILL
    http://envirocraftiness.blogspot.com/2010/09/fall-week.html

    ReplyDelete
  9. OMG! You won't believe what I found! Trashed plastic pumpkins just like these! Now I really can do this! YAY!

    henthornehandmade.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
  10. Great Redo! They look wonderful! They were pretty creepy looking before haha!

    ReplyDelete
  11. Anonymous8:48 AM

    Howdy I am so thrilled I found your webpage, I really found you by accident, while I was looking on Askjeeve for something
    else, Anyways I am here now and would just like to say kudos for a tremendous post
    and a all round entertaining blog (I also love the
    theme/design), I don’t have time to read it all at the moment but I have bookmarked it
    and also added your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back
    to read more, Please do keep up the fantastic jo.

    my webpage: Asian Massage Central London, Wiki.Brwzl.Nl,

    ReplyDelete
  12. Posts shared useful information and meaningful life, I'm glad to be reading this article and hope to soon learn the next article. thank you

    ReplyDelete