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🎃✨ Two Seasons, One Pumpkin: Halloween to Fall Flip! 🍂👻

Featuring Melissa Miller

🎃✨ Two Seasons, One Pumpkin: Halloween to Fall Flip! 🍂👻

DIY Reversible Pumpkins for Halloween & Fall

Hi friends! I’m Melissa Miller of Miller's Rustic Sawmill, an Essential Stencil Brand Ambassador. Tonight we’re making a pair of reversible pumpkin boards: Halloween on one side and Fall on the other. Space-saving decor you can flip with the season!

Table of Contents

Halloween Pumpkin Side

Stencil Gothic Lace pattern

  1. Tape the Gothic Lace & Spiderwebs Pattern Stencil onto the grooved side of the first pumpkin board and fill with black paint. Let dry.
  2. On the plain side of the second board, use a stencil brush to lightly dry brush black paint over the surface and edges for a subtle aged background. Blow dry to speed things up.

Dry brushing black paint

  1. Cut the ghost design from the Wildflower Ghosts Rub-on Transfer Set, position, and burnish with the Essential Rub-On Transfer Tool until the film releases.

Applying ghost rub-on transfer

Fall Pumpkin Side

Materials:

Stencil Sunflower & Vine pattern

  1. Tape the Sunflower and Vine Pattern Stencil to the grooved side of the second board and fill with copper paint. Let dry.
  2. Lightly dry brush the edges and surface with black paint to create a rustic, aged effect.

Aged dry brush effect

  1. Cut the scarecrow from the Haunted Homestead Rub-on Transfer Set and burnish it onto the other pumpkin board.

Applying scarecrow rub-on transfer

Helpful Tips

  • Use less paint when stenciling to avoid bleed-through.
  • Make sure surfaces are fully dry before applying rub-on transfers.
  • Hide pattern seams under bows or a ribbon at the stem.
  • Choose colors that work both ways for reversible pieces.
  • Great project for kids and grandkids — transfers are super forgiving.

Final reversible pumpkins reveal

Ready to make your own? Grab the featured Gothic Lace & Spiderwebs, Wildflower Ghosts, Sunflower & Vine, and the Haunted Homestead scarecrow — plus the Stencil Brush Set and Transfer Tool — at Essential Stencil.

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