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Studded Chalk Paint Pumpkins

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I love giving pumpkins a more modern twist than going the traditional fall decorating route. You might have seen my painted leopard pumpkins which are also untraditional.

When I was at Sweet Clover Barn last weekend I purchased some Annie Sloan chalk paint. I got my favorite shades and I decided to use them on the pumpkins. I really love the mat finish the paint gives. I also wanted to add another twist to the look and decided to make them into studded chalk paint pumpkins.

studded chalk-paint-pumpkins

Studded Chalk Paint Pumpkins

Materials needed:

  • chalk paint
  • studs ( triangle studs and/or spikes)
  • craft paint brush
  • glue
  • pumpkins

Instructions

I started the studded chalk paint pumpkins with this already very pretty group of pumpkins:

small pumpkins

But I really adore the look and colors of Heirloom pumpkins so I decided to paint them with the paint from the barn:

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint Cuckoo4Design

Oops I banged the one can up pretty badly, thank heavens it didn’t burst! I did not use the Aubusson Blue.

But just some plain chalk paint wasn’t cutting it for me so I bought some studs. The flat triangles are from JoAnn’s Fabric and the spikes are from Amazon:

gold triangle studds

Screwback Gold Cone Spikes Studs
(I’m so using these for something else too)

I used Rub n Buff on the stems, twisted some gold wire for the top, and simply pushed the wire and triangle studs in place. It’s that simple. Now the cone studs needed some hot glue. They all can be removed very easily and I will totally reuse all the studs when the pumpkins are going bad.
Oh, and one of them got some glitter nail polish polka dots which my daughter snatched up for her room.

So here are a ton of photos again because I really adore how they look. They are like little gems.

coral and gold studded pumpkin
dark grey or mat black and gold pumpkin
coral and gold glitter pumpkin cuckoo4design
gold studded Annie Sloan Graphite pumpkin cuckoo4design
gold studded Annie Sloan Paris Grey pumpkin by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan Paris Grey and gold pumpkin by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan chalk paint pumpkin collection by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan Scandinavian pink pumpkin by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan Paris Grey pumpkin by cuckoo4design
Should I call it Scandinavian Punk now? Ha!

Can you tell that I enjoyed taking photos of them?

Annie Sloan chalk paint pumpkin collection by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan chalk paint pumpkin collection by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan chalk paint pumpkin collection by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan chalk paint pumpkin collection by cuckoo4design
Annie Sloan chalk paint pumpkins by cuckoo4design
studded Annie Sloan scandinavian pink chalk paint pumpkin

Tschüß

(Youleeya)

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  17. Kristen says

    These are so cute! Love the idea of using the spikes. I actually just bought my first pint of Chalk Paint this weekend. Paris Grey.

  29. Brynne Delerson says

    Those are so awesome! I think the pink one is my favorite…or the charcoal gray one… I can’t decide! The gold “vines” were an absolutely brilliant addition!

  35. [email protected] says

    oh! I love them! so pretty, don’t know which one is my favorite maybe the pink, maybe the black they are rock and roll! 😉 I knew your pumpkins would look great Julia
    (our Thanksgiving (Canadian) it’s next Monday and I haven’t been able to decorate anything yet, we are receiving family and friends over and I haven’t been to a grocery store yet) 🙂 I might have to get some real pumpkins now! ha!ha!

  36. Lets just build a house! says

    these are so soooo cool. like these are the cool kid pumpkins!

    I studded mine too but just with some upholstery tacks i had leftover from a different project. I am SO ordering those amazon ones for a future project..that i haven’t though of yet. Thanks for the inspiration!