U.F.O. Pumpkin by Americana®
Material List
- Americana® Gloss Enamels – Lavender, Shimmering Silver and Calypso Blue
- Foam Pumpkin, 9"
- Paintbrush
- Water container
- Palette or plastic plate
- Paper towels
- Foam Plates (2)
- Wooden Dowel
- Styrofoam® Balls – Small (4) and Medium (7)
- Handsaw
- Low Heat Glue Gun
Project Instructions
Step 1 Use handsaw to cut ¼ of pumpkin off at bottom, dowel into four 6" pieces, and cut three of the medium Styrofoam® balls in half.
Step 2 Use ¾" flat brush to paint pumpkin, stem, and dowel Lavender.
Step 3 Use #6 flat brush to paint three Styrofoam® ball halves Calypso Blue.
Step 4 Use ¾" flat brush to paint foam plates and small balls Shimmering Silver.
Step 5 With #6 flat brush, paint Shimmering Silver band around bottom of ball halves.
Step 6 Hot glue four unpainted Styrofoam® balls evenly spaced apart inside one plate. Apply hot glue to tops of balls and press other plate on top.
Step 7 Stick dowels into small Shimmering Silver balls and pull out. Secure dowels in balls with hot glue.
Step 8 Stick dowels through plate so that they stick into balls glued into plate. Pull out, use glue gun in balls, and stick dowels back in.
Step 9 Hot glue Styrofoam® ball halves all around pumpkin about ½" from bottom.
Step 10 Hot glue pumpkin to top plate.

