Tradition Lives On!!!

A few years ago my cousin Kim saw this idea on Martha Stewart and thought it would be a fun, inexpensive fall decoration that also has that "Wow factor" about it. So Kim, Chelsea, and I made it a girls night and spent most of the evening and morning covering not only our pumpkins but ourselves in glitter! The next year Kim moved but Chelsea and I got together and made them again. Now that we all live apart it seems that we still have fun making it even though we are all scattered across the country. I guess you could say it has sort of become a tradition and I hope we can all keep it going! Kim already made hers so I wanted to post the pictures of mine- Brandon even helped out and was surprised at how neat it looks! Want to try this? Just simply select your pumpkins (we use real ones), some fine glitter in fall colors, and a simple glue. Paint the pumpkins and cover with glitter! You can use paper or pie tins to collect the excess glitter and reuse over and over until entire pumpkin is covered. You can display these on a fun charger with leaves around to fill in the gaps! This makes a great centerpiece or displayed on a hearth. At the end of the season just chuck- it's way too messy to store for the year and the pumpkin will rot!