DIY Jack O Lantern Topiary
This DIY Jack-O-Lantern Topiary is seriously easy and fun to create for Halloween! With a few dollar store pumpkins, white paint and a black sharpie you can make this too.
Yield: 1
Cost: $40
Materials
- Plastic Jack-O-Lanterns - I found these ones at Dollaramma for $5 each.
- Rustoleum Flat White Spray Paint - you could use glossy too but I love the flat finish that these pumpkins have. Rustoleum is an awesome paint to use on plastic check out how it held up on our playground slide!
- Permanent Black Sharpie Markers - I used one with a large tip size.
- Black flower pot - I found this one at the dollarstore.
- Glue gun and sticks - you could also use something like e3000.
Instructions
- 1. Place the plastic jack o lanterns on a clean, dry surface covered in newspaper or a drop cloth.
- 2. Prepare the spray paint by giving it a good shake.
- 3. Spray paint all of the pumpkins white. Allow the paint to dry between coats. You will need 2-3 coats of paint for good coverage.
- 4. Use a permanent black sharpie to color the stems of each pumpkin. Draw festive Halloween designs onto each of the pumpkins.
- 5. Flip the black flower pot over so that it's upside down. Use the hot glue gun to glue a painted jack-o-lantern to the pot.
- 6. Stack and glue the remaining pumpkins, one on top of each other.