Decorate for Fall with Rock Pumpkins

Rocks seem to turn up all over the house. The thing that you hear banging around in the dryer is most likely a rock that you missed when emptying the kids pants pockets. Why not turn those rocks into a pumpkin for decorating at Halloween or Thanksgiving? They make great place settings for holiday meals and are really cute in Fall decorating.

Corral all those rocks and make some pumpkins. They are quick, easy, and lots of fun for the whole family to create.

1. Rocks

   There is no size restriction and if you have children who are stubborn, they don't even have to be round. If you have a round boulder in your yard, you can turn it into a pumpkin too.

2. Orange acrylic paint
3. Paint Brush
4. Fine line marker (unless you are painting a boulder and then you will need black paint and a much larger brush).
5. Glue - Tacky glue works best but takes longer to setup.
6. Twigs

If you do not have a child who brings in rocks on a daily basis, you might have to either search for your own or buy some. Here is a suggestion.

Wash the rocks and let them dry. If they have been run though your washing machine and dryer, this step is done.

Paint them orange. Give them two coats for good coverage and let them dry. They might need three coats.

With the marker, draw on a face. Children who are picky and some adults may not like the first face. Simply let them paint over it again and start over.

Draw the lines on the pumpkin.

Glue the twig at the top.

If you are using them for your Thanksgiving or fall display and don't want to carry out the Halloween theme, don't add the face, just the lines.

The rocks came from our yard. They are not round or large but when turned into a pumpkin, they take on a charm of their own. We will be using them for our Fall decoration but one just had to be a jack-o-lantern.