Tag: fall decor

Colorful DIY Dip Dyed Faux Pumpkins

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Here’s a halloween project that’s a departure from your standard pumpkin carving and painting. Dip dye those basic foam pumpkins for a dose of color that can be displayed for the whole fall season!

Pop by your local craft store (or second hand store) and grab some white faux pumpkins and Rit dye. I used foam, but with this kind of Rit dye for synthetics, plastic would work too.

Mix about half a bottle of Rit DyeMore for synthetics with a few gallons of very hot (almost boiling) water. Carefully submerge the pumpkins for a few seconds at a time until your desired color saturation is reached. Have fun layering and mixing colors. Leave them as is, or use other embellishments. The best part is they can be saved and used every year.

Happy Halloween!

+This post was sponsored by Rit Dye. Click here for more detailed instructions.+

Melodramaville Halloween Home Decor 2017

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Happy Halloween! I finally got motivated enough to doing a little last minute Halloween decorating with a little bit of spiderwebbing, a few DIY bats, and a ton of pumpkins. We’re staying in tonight and snuggling up at home tonight watching movies, carving pumpkins, and eating treats.

Here’s a few pics of a Melodrama Halloween!

Halloween Front DoorWe have an orange front door and I couldn’t let that go to waste! I used black construction paper cutouts and taped them to the door to create a Jack o’ lantern face. Jack o Lantern Front DoorI added a few pumpkins and a few tombstones from the dollar store.

Halloween themed BarInside I used spiders, pumpkins, paper bat cutouts, and a few gilded skulls to spook up the place. There are always plenty of spirits around the bar…get it? Spirits HAAA.Mid-century Halloween DecorI put pumpkins in the fireplace with string lights, those will be sticking around all season long. Pumpkins in Fireplace

And of course the DIY Pumpkin Planter that I made here.

Fall Pumpkin Succulent and Cacti Centerpiece Idea

That’s it for this year! I’m off to carve some pumpkins and bust open the bags of candy. Happy Halloween!

Halloween Decor Idea: Pumpkin Succulent and Cacti Planter

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If you’re a plant lover, here’s a quick and easy way to incorporate succulents and cacti into your fall decor. Use a (faux is best) pumpkin as a planter! I used a cinderella pumpkin because I love the shapes and colors of them, and they’re usually wide enough to make a great shallow planter. 

Update: I got a real one for really cheap at Trader Joe’s so I originally used that, but quickly transitioned to a faux pumpkin once the inevitable mush set in after about a week. Bummer. 
 Just cut off the top (and hallow it out if you want to try a real one) like you would when making a jack-o-lantern. Poke some small holes in the bottom for drainage. Then fill it with a variety of succulents and some extra soil or sand. 

I layered cacti and different types of succulents in mine. Since the fuzzy cacti looks like a spider nest I added some plastic Halloween spiders. I can easily remove those to transition it into November. If the little guys lasts that long. Fingers crossed. 

Use a pumpkin as a planter for succulents and cacti.jpgI love it as our dining table centerpiece.

Cinderella Succulent and Cacti Planter for fallFall Pumpkin Succulent and Cacti Centerpiece Idea

So easy and cute! I hope it lasts at least another month. Pumpkin used as succulent planter for centerpiece