Why carve when you can create? You can use super glue products to decorate your Halloween pumpkins in all sorts of dazzling and delightful ways. Go spooky or pretty, sweet or mature. Create decorative pumpkin designs for your front porch, to use as centerpieces, or to give as gifts. This Halloween, the only limit is your imagination!
Here are some eye-catching ideas to get you started.
“Bat Your Lashes”
This whimsical design can be tailored to any occasion:
• Use orange, black, green, and white colors for spooky front
porch Jack-O-Lantern stand-ins.
• Use pink, blue, black, and white for a lovely table
centerpiece.
• Use baby pumpkins and decorate with colors of your
choice to give as a seasonal gift.
To create:
1. Plan your colors and shop for super glue products, paint,
pom-poms, tassels, ribbon, and pumpkins.
2. Wash and dry your pumpkins.
3. Paint each pumpkin in two coats or until the color is
opaque, and you cannot see the pumpkin underneath.
Let dry.
4. Paint the stems (entirely) in a shiny gold. Let dry.
5. Cut the ends of your ribbon as pictured, and tie in a knot around the stem, affixing with super glue.
6. Use super glue to affix your colorful pom-poms and tassels to the pumpkins according to the design. Let dry.
“Glam Gourds”
Add glamour to your Halloween with these glittery designs:
• Pair glitter with equally sparkly paint colors like
silver and metallics
• Browse templates online for easy polka dots, stars, etc.
To create:
1. Wash and dry your pumpkins.
2. Paint them in glitzy, metallic colors (stick to one or two.)
3. Cut out the circles, stars, etc. from your templates and
place over the pumpkin.
4. Using a medium-sized paint brush, paint super glue over
the hole in your template.
5. Immediately cover in glitter.
6. Shake off excess, complete entire pumpkin, and leave out to dry.
Cute Pumpkin Mummy
“A little gauze + some googly eyes
= the cutest mummy ever.”
This adorable mummy Jack-O-Lantern stand-in couldn’t be easier to make.
1. Shop for googly eyes at your local craft store or online.
2. Buy rolls of gauze at your local pharmacy or drug store.
3. Purchase super glue at your local store. Call (800) 538-3091 to
find out where to buy super glue
products near you.
4. Wrap your pumpkin according to the image above, periodically sticking with super glue. Affix googly eyes to the front.
Fall Leaf Decoupage
Have you heard of decoupage?
• It’s “the art of decorating an object by gluing colored paper cutouts onto an object in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and other decorative elements.”
• For this decoupaged fall leaf pumpkin, the “decorative elements” are colorful, seasonal leaves that have fallen right in your own back yard!
• Using super glue products makes this project easy and fun.
• To do this project with kids, have them make paper cut-outs in leaf shapes.
To Create:
1. Paint like to paint your pumpkin before applying the leaves (optional.)
2. Once paint has dried completely, apply super glue to a small area where you will apply your leaves using a paint brush.
3. With your gloves on, press leaves in your desired pattern onto the pumpkin, avoiding leaves with thick stems.
4. Wear rubber gloves to protect your hands from the glue for this project. It can be a little messier than others!
5. When you are done applying the leaves, add a second coat of super glue on top to seal the design.
6. Let dry.
Super Glue Corporation is far more than their signature product, The Original Super Glue. They produce a wide variety of high-performance adhesives to suit almost any gluing need. Super glue products are used for crafting by hobbyists, for mechanics and engineers in industry—and even for fingernails and toenails! If you have a question or comment, Contact Super Glue or Call 800-538-3091.