How to Make a Blue and White Pumpkin

Dress up your Fall decor this year with this easy tutorial, how to make a blue and white pumpkin. It’s a fun and rewarding project.

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Fall is here if only in name. I have said this so many times but we really wait a long, sometimes excrutionatingly long time for the temps to drop and for the Autumn vibes to take hold mentally here in Texas.

We do however try to encourage the drop in temps by decorating our homes with Fall foliage in various color ways including some not so conventional color palettes. That’a what you have found around here more times than not so why not bring something new to the mix?

blue and white pumpkin for fall, the Aspiring Home Interiors

This idea isn’t new per se, but it is new for me to use it to create a blue and white pumpkin that will fit in with my other highly stylized pumpkins.

Y’all, I decoupaged.

Yep, I found the sweetest napkins online and just had to do it. The pumpkin turned out so well that I can’t wait to find time to do another one. Let me show you all the details.

Step 1: The Purchases

Faux Pumpkin – solid color close to the color of the napkin’s background
Decorative Napkins – these aren’t your average grocery store napkins. Oh no, these are the fancy pretty ones you purchase for special dinners and parties.
Mod Podge – I chose the matte finish
Brushes – to apply the Mod Podge
Scissors – to cut the napkins
Liquid Gold leaf – if you want to dress up the stem

Step 2: Cut the Napkins

Because we are dealing with somewhat spherical shape, we need to cut the napkin into smaller pieces. When cutting your napkins make sure that you cut in such a way that you leave whole images.

Peel the layers away from the cut images. Some will tell you to pull the layers away before cutting the images but I find the rigidity of the extra layers helps keep the cuts clean and true.

cut napkin into pieces for mod podge pumpkin the aspiring home interiors

Step 3: Apply the Mod Podge

Pour a small amount of the Mod Podge into a disposable bowl. With your brush apply a light coat in a small area – large enough for the cut image.

Gently lay the cut image onto the area with Mod Podge. Smooth carefully. Apply another light coat over the image.

Continue this process until you have fallen in love with your creation.

mod podge napkin pieces to pumpkin using light layers

Final Thoughts :

Be careful not to brush too hard, you can tear the images. Keep your layers light and allow dry time. Take your time and enjoy the process. This isn’t a super quick project, this is one of those release the stress kind of projects.

Have fun! You may have to cut smaller images to fill in blank spaces. I wanted this blue and white pumpkin to have a chinoiserie feel so I left more of the background exposed.