• White spray paint
• Gold paint
• Paint brush
• Plastic jack-o lanterns/ any halloween decors
• Ribbons

Step 3: Start painting, coat the decor once, then leave it to dry for about 5 minutes then come back and spray again, repeat this step till you get the desired color

Tip: When using spray paint, spray from a distance to avoid paint driping and other unsightly stuff that makes your surface rough or lumpy.


Step 4: Once you're done and the base paint has dried, you can now paint your plastic pumpkin with the color of paint that you like. Here I'm painting it with gold accents or patterns

• As mentioned in the intro, This type of upcycling can be done on any plastic halloween decors so you just run your imagination wild and create something beautiful out of those tacky decors
• I did it with skulls also. I was planning to paint the details with gold but I messed it up so I just painted the entire one with gold
• I used gold enamel paint because it's the only paint available near me that does that metalic finish that I love. Most cold acrylic paint that I've seen are these matte dark gold color that are not as metalic nor shinny as the enamel
• The enamel gold paint was a struggle to use, but they sure are worth it. it turns out you have to mix the gold powder to the clear enamel to get the color that you want. At first I didnt know it was in powder form, I assumed it was in paste or liquid form but it wasn't, so when I opened it the gold power flew everywhere in in my shock I ended up spilling the clear enamel paint on my craft cutting board. (ugh!)
• When I finished doing this I thought this DIY would also look awesome on the big plastic pumpkins where the children put all the halloween candies, maybe replace the handle with chain so it'll look more posh
• Lastly, You can place tea lights inside the plastic containers to make your decor more whimsical.