How To Give Your Glass Pumpkin A New Look

 

A few years ago I wanted a glass pumpkin at home to put candy in during the fall season.  I just thought it would look so cool.  I never got one because money was tight and they were sort of expensive.  At the time, it was definitely a luxury item.

Since then I have found three of them over the past two years in my local thrift stores.  Of course I snatched them up for $2 or $3 a piece.   I love them and have changed two of them to create beautiful home decor pieces.  You can see my faux mercury glass pumpkin in this post.  I did this one last year and I just love it.

Here is what I did this year.

 

 

How To Get This Patina Look On Your Glass Pumpkin

I have to be honest, I wasn’t going for a patina look when I started this project.  I really wanted an orange/copper faux mercury glass look but things didn’t turn out the way I planned.

You have all seen these glass pumpkins but here is the before picture.

 

 

Here is a list of supplies I used to create the look.  I am adding in some affiliate links for your convenience.  You can read my full disclosure here.

Supplies needed:

Glass pumpkin – Look at thrift stores but if you can’t find one this link is to Amazon.

Spray paints

• Mirror Spray Paint
• Copper Spray Paint
• Teal Spray Paint

Spray bottle with water

 

Patina Glass Pumpkin Instructions

After you have gathered all of your supplies the fun begins.

 

I started by turning the pumpkin upside down on my work surface and setting the lid next to it.   Use the copper spray paint first and give it a couple of coats letting each coat dry in between.  When I turned my right side up I sprayed the top part again just to get any spots I may have missed.

 

 

Then switch to the mirrored spray paint.  You cans see photos of this process in the DIY Mercury Glass post but basically I sprayed some of the paint, then quickly sprayed it with water.  I kept going all the way around the glass pumpkin and on the lid.

Now remember I was going for an orange/copper mercury glass look and I was not getting what I wanted.  I layered a little bit more of the mirror paint and when that didn’t work I got out the teal.

Using the same process with the water I sprayed some teal, then some water and went all the way around.

I was surprised when I got this nice patina look. That is what I call a “happy accident”.

After it was dry I sprayed a glossy clear coat on it to seal it.

 

 

 

 

 

What do you think?  I love it when something you don’t expect comes out looking good!   This ended up at my parent’s house and I think they really enjoyed it.

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping.

Michelle