We may be wrapping up our Halloween Holiday fun, but there is still time to get one last itsy bitsy pumpkin idea in like Marbling A Pumpkin…right? RIGHT! MORE PUMPKINS! I have been itching to do something with white pumpkins this season. I have experimented with pinning ribbons, hot gluing beads, finger painting a white pumpkin (ok, so little P did that one) but so far nothing has really struck me as awesome. Until now.
Yesterday I was perusing my local craft store and grabbed some white glass ornaments to start to get my decorating on. While I suck at Marbling nails, I don’t totally suck at Marbling ornaments. Then it hit me- dude. Marble a WHITE PUMPKIN.
BEFORE YOU GET STARTED< BE PREPARED!!
Before you get started on this craft you will need lots of nail polish! I like to buy cheap nail polish in lots of colors and these will work for your jar marbling as well. Here are a few sets that are inexpensive. If you order them, you will have tons of colors without paying like $7 a bottle at the store. Money savings!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kleancolor Nail Polish – Awesome Metallic Full
Sinful Colors 10-piece Surprise Nail Polish SetKleancolor Nail Lacquers 6 Color – *NEW*
Updated: Marbling a Pumpkin now with Video!
Marbling A Pumpkin
You need
- Nail polish
in a variety of colors - Nail polish remover (cause you will probably get it on something you don’t want to get it on)
- A bowl you don’t really care about or are willing to clean up
- Baby White pumpkins
in a variety of colors
(cause you will probably get it on something you don’t want to get it on)
Instructions To Marble a Pumpkin
Fill your bowl up with water and then let the bowl sit so it’s not sloshing around. If the water is moving, it can disperse your nail polish and leave less designs. Then pour your nail polish in your bowl. You can use a toothpick or Q-tip to get really intricate, but all I did was slowly pour and create some swirly streams.
After you have your design, just dip your pumpkin and pull out!
I decided to do the top and bottom of a few, so I would dip the bottom, then dry it off (I used a hair dryer
), then poked a fork through the bottom and used the fork handle to dip the top of the pumpkin on the other side.
I also tried orange and some sparkly nail polish but I didn’t love that sparkly nail polish
marbling as much.
The effect was kinda weepy.
Kleancolor Nail Polish – Awesome Metallic FullSinful Colors 10-piece Surprise Nail Polish SetKleancolor Nail Lacquers 6 Color – *NEW*
Plus check out how to Marble Dip a Mason Jar here:
Btw, I dont know if there is such thing as 99 cent nail polish, but if there is, stock up. This was totally fun and I plan on picking up some more pumpkins to do a patch.
Trisha
Angie says
Dollar Tree and Dollar Store have $0.99 nail polish and so does Sally’s they are little though.
trisha haas says
I just saw some at the Dollar General this week, I think I am going to grab some silver and gold and see if I can do some fall decor.
Cassi says
Wow, it looks amazing! I’ll be sharing this on The Crafty Crow soon 🙂
Colleen says
What an easy and fun craft my daughter would totally love this.
nicole @nicky_olea says
I love this! brilliant idea! You’re right the glitter ones do look a bit weepy. I wonder how metallic polish would fair?
trisha haas says
OOOOOOOOOOOH. I bet that would be beautiful. ill pick some up!
Sara Phillips says
Those are just GORGEOUS! And it’s a brilliant craft. Now, to see if I can find white pumpkins!
trisha haas says
Thankyou! I got mine at our locals farmers market cause its up the street, but they do sell them at Walmart too