![]() Fifteen coats maybe? I sprayed the littlest pumpkin the most, and he shined the brightest in the end, so I definitely think the more you spray, the better your results will be. The instructions said to spray thin coats and wait 1 minute before spraying another coat. I sprayed them on a huge piece of paper on the grass in the backyard. Make sure you spray the pumpkins in a well ventilated area and protect the surrounding surfaces. I had to scale the faces slightly to make them fit on my pumpkins, but here’s what mine looked like after I attached the faces to the pumpkins. You don’t want spray paint seeping underneath. Make sure you press down all the edges to get a good seal. Once you’ve cut out your face pieces, peel off the backing and stick them to the pumpkin. You need labels that are sticky once you peel the backing off.Ĭlick on the images below for the free printable pdf files: Just print them out on Full Page Printable Labels and cut out the face pieces. I bet the kids would LOVE that! Or you can use my free printable templates below. You can draw the faces free hand if you like. And also make sure you clean off any dirt so the paint and face labels stick to it. Make sure your pumpkin is at room temperature so you don’t get any condensation on it. I kind of just fumbled my way through it.īut even still, these glow in the dark pumpkins were really easy to make, and I was REALLY happy with how they turned out! It’s a really fun project! And, well, it glows in the dark, so it’s just plain cool! How to Make Glow in the Dark Pumpkins So if you think you have a better way of doing something, by all means, leave a suggestion in the comments! Don’t feel like you have to follow my directions to a T if you make these yourself. I am definitely not an expert!! I kind of hacked my way through this project. The neighbours probably had a good laugh! LOL! All while shaking the can to keep it well mixed. You’d probably laugh at me if you saw me spraying the pumpkins… the wind kept shifting directions so I kept dancing out of the way of the spray paint when the wind blew it towards me. But I don’t think there was a single vent in that room? Yikes! So I’ve kind of been scared of spray paint since then.īut when I made these glow in the dark pumpkins the other day, it was a warm and sunny day, so I dragged out some huge pieces of paper and sprayed everything on top of the paper on the grass in the backyard. ![]() And really it was just a sealed off space to keep the fumes from getting to the rest of the school. When I was in architecture school, they had a spray paint booth up in the loft at our school. ![]() Call me a crafting geek, but I just find it so darn cool!! I’ve always been a sucker for all things glow-in-the-dark, I have no idea why. OK guys… I was brave and challenged myself to use spray paint to make these glow in the dark pumpkins! Normally spray paint scares me, but when I saw the glow in the dark spray paint on the shelf at the craft store I HAD to buy it. ![]()
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