I LOVE MY BLUE + WHITE PUMPKINS

I am so excited for pumpkins! Over the years I have added different colors of pumpkins. My go-to paint color is Hale Navy. So I decided to make blue and white painted pumpkins to celebrate the season.

And you know what else looks amazing blue and white?

BLUE AND WHITE PUMPKINS

A few years ago when I did an informal count of all my real pumpkins in the yard and in the house I decided to add a few faux pumpkins to slow down the keeping up with Instagrammers.

Sometimes it’s just too much.

At $6 for a real pumpkin and a shelf life of a few weeks, it was time to add a few faux pumpkins to the decor.

Like many of my decor decisions, I go all-in on a trend or decor like these decor staples. So over a few weeks of Michael coupons, I had an assortment of white and orange foam pumpkins.

Orange and white combinations can be a bit harsh so I painted a few pumpkins with my favorite creamy white paint. I loved the softened look and it made the styrofoam pumpkins look warm and cozy.

Which is the perfect mood for November.

FAUX WHITE PAINTED PUMPKIN ON A CEMENT TRAY

This year I stepped up my pumpkin game and painted a few pumpkins with this favorite blue paint color.

I loved the blue pumpkins and decided to round up a few tired styrofoam pumpkins of various sizes and mix them up on the porch.

With one of my favorite color pairs pairings, it just made sense to have blue and white pumpkins. I encourage you to pair a few of your favorite colors.

I shared some front porch inspiration on the gram.

BLUE PUMPKINS

And, what transpired was completely by accident and instant love!

I intended to paint the pumpkins blue.

But, it turns out I paint the way Imowed the yard on Saturdays- with random turns in no particular order.

It drove my dad crazy and my attempts to explain my technique just left him flabbergasted.

Back to the blue and white pumpkins!

I planned to paint the entire pumpkin but as I randomly painted between the ridges it left a “trough” that showed a bit of white. And then with each brush troke, it created a “striped” look between the pumpkins’ ridges. It gave the pumpkin a vertical tie-dye effect.

STEPS TO PAINT PUMPKINS

For the smaller pumpkins, I used a 1″ foam brush and for the larger pumpkins, I used a 2-3″ foam brush.

I propped the pumpkins on a mason jar lid. It kept the pumpkins from rolling off the counter.

I painted the pumpkins with Benjamin Moore Mascarpone.
You could paint with leftover primer for a bright white.
Let dry.
Use a foam brush and paint down every other “ridge” of the pumpkins. The foam brush “toggles” over the ridges which creates the white space on the pumpkin.

DIRECTIONS TO PAINT BLUE AND WHITE TIE DYE PUMPKINS

If it’s too stripey in places go back and paint additional ridges. If you look at my pumpkins there are more defined stripes and then sections where I added more blue paint.

I love this happy blue and white paint accident. These dual-tone pumpkins will take you to November. What colors do you want to use for your faux pumpkins?