By Candie Cooper – To see more crafts by Candie visit her blog, Candie Cooper’s Journal

Pumpkins are popping up on clearance aisles all over the place with Fall coming to a close.  Here's an idea that you can make using whatever collage materials you like.  

You'll need a pumpkin form, Folk Art paints in orange shades, Extreme Glitter in orange, Gold gilding paint from Martha Stewart or Gold Folk Art paint, Mod Podge, brushes and some papers.  I used dictionary, but you can use colored tissue paper or any thin paper.

Tear the dictionary paper into small pieces. Use a foam brush to paint Mod Podge on the pumpkin and add paper, sealing each piece with MP as you go.  It takes a few seconds for the paper to saturate, but once it does it's easier to form around the pumpkin and smooth out with your brush.

Put some water in a small cup and paint on a pallet.  Dip your brush in water and then into paint and brush over the pumpkin.  This makes the paint thinner so you can see the paper.  Add as many paint layers as you like.

Seal the pumpkin with a layer of Extreme Glitter in orange.  This will make the pumpkin shiny and sparkly.  Optionally, you can paint gold stripes in between each of the ridges with a small brush.

Find some embellishments such as a few leaves or a pretty ribbon.  I stamped the tag above but you could print something from the computer too.

Arrange your embellishments on top and hot glue in place.

The paper adds such a fun texture to all the layers.  I made these with a craft club and it was so fun to see how each person's turned out!