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Get Crafty with Michael’s #TrickYourPumpkin Sweeps! + Thumbtack Spider Craft Pumpkin

October 22, 2014 by Nicole 1 Comment

michaels #trickyourpumpkin

Thank you to Michaels for sponsoring today’s discussion about the #TrickYourPumpkin Sweepstakes! All opinions expressed are my own. 

Pumpkins. Big pumpkins, little pumpkins, real pumpkins, fake pumpkins. It seems like pumpkins are scattered everywhere this time of year. I trip over half a dozen just trying to get up my front steps! But…I wouldn’t have it any other way because I love to decorate with pumpkins in the fall.

Michaels wants everyone to join in the pumpkin decorating fun with a #TrickYourPumpkin sweepstakes going on now through October 31. Enter for a chance to win a $250 Michaels gift card and Plaid products. Weekly winners!

How To Enter.

1. Decorate a craft pumpkin to show off your fall style.

2. Upload a photo of your pumpkin to Instagram and tag it with #TrickYourPumpkin #Sweepstakes

3. Watch for a comment from @MichaelsStores on your photo to confirm you want to be entered to win.

I love to carve and decorate Michaels craft pumpkins because if I do it once, it is a decoration that will last year after year. You know what happens when you carve REAL pumpkins. They get moldy and rot. Don’t get me wrong, I love real pumpkins, but let’s face it, they are not reusable year after year.

Thumbtack Spider Pumpkin Craft

Thumbtack Spider Pumpkin Craft

This year, I tried out a no carve pumpkin decorating idea. It’s very simple. All you need is a craft pumpkin, a pencil and a couple hundred thumbtacks. A spider template or a fake spider decoration can be used to trace an outline onto the pumpkin if you do not want to freehand draw a spider shape.

I used spray paint to color my silver thumbtacks black for the large white pumpkin. I was able to find black pushpins to use on the smaller copper-colored pumpkin. By the way, I spray painted a small orange craft pumpkin with copper spray paint from Michaels.

Copper-Pumpkin

We found a fake plastic spider decoration that was about the size I wanted the spider on my pumpkins to be. I used a pencil to trace an outline of the fake spider onto the pumpkins. Then, I started sticking thumbtacks into the pumpkin along the pencil lines. I pushed them as closely together as possible.

It did not take me long to make this easy Halloween craft. I added my craft pumpkins to my pile of real pumpkins. I think the contrasting pumpkin colors and spider pumpkins add interest to the group.

thumbtack pumpkins decor #trickyourpumpkin

Be sure to #TrickYourPumpkin this year and enter to win a $250 Michaels gift card in the Trick Your Pumpkin Sweepstakes!

Do you have any easy Halloween Decorating ideas to share? What is your favorite pumpkin craft? Follow me on Pinterest for Halloween pumpkin ideas and more. 

Filed Under: Crafts, Halloween Tagged With: Halloween Crafts, Halloween Decorating Ideas, Halloween Pumpkin Ideas, No Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas, Pumpkin Craft, Pumpkin Spider, Thumbtack Pumpkins

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  1. Daniel Diffy says

    November 2, 2014 at 2:37 am

    Very clever idea! Love this!

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