Tuesday, October 15, 2019

MacKenzie Childs Inspired Pumpkin

3:00 AM Gail @Purple Hues and Me Fall Crafts, Mackenzie-Childs inspired, pinterest challenge, pumpkins 24 comments

Some of my favorite inspirations for craft projects come from MacKenzie-Childs! I can easily imagine lots of the MC items in purple and white instead of black and white! If only, lol! And it seems like this year, MC has gone all out with a beautiful and colorful decorative collection for the Fall season!

I was especially taken with an MC sunflower that I pinned since I actually had ribbon in a purple and white check that resembles the MacKenzie-Child's pattern. I painted a paper mache pumpkin in the design of MacKenzie-Child's stripes - using purple and white. And also created a faux MC inspired sunflower - that and the rest, represents a whimsical collection of flowers, bow ribbon and what-knots to the pumpkin design!

Here's how:

Start with a paper mache pumpkin - This one is around 14" tall!

Paint on several layers of white acrylic craft paint and let dry.

Then paint alternating sections in purple. Once dry, seal with a gloss varnish.

To make a larger pumpkin stem, cut out a section of a empty paper towel roll in the desired height. Lightly dampen the cardboard and cover with tacky glue. Then twist into a stem shape and let dry. I wrapped parchment paper around the twisted stem and held it together with a clamp to dry.

After drying, paint stem a metallic gold.
Glue stem over existing stem stub and begin gluing on a few decorative accessories.

To make the sunflower: Cut out a petal pattern from folded cardstock.

Then, fold the checked ribbon over several times and cut out petals following the pattern. Repeat for plain color ribbon petals.

For the center: Cut out a small section from the round end of a styrofoam ball. Paint it a dark color. Glue a piece of felt to back and let dry. Begin gluing on petals around the side of the styrofoam circle - first the check pattern petals . . .

and then the plain color petals, alternating between.

Once all the petals are glued on, use the blade of a dinner knife to shape (curve) the petal edges out.

Then, make a few bows and glue on the sunflowers to the top of the ribbon and pumpkin for an adorable whimsy look . . .

and a super fun decorative fall piece!

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