Pumpkin Soup Decor

After seeing a photo of pumpkin soup served in a carved out pumpkin on a fall table, I thought wouldn't that make a great fake bake for fall decor? And I decided to figure out how to replicate the look!

Read on to see how you can create some for yourself:

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I started with these Dollar Tree foam pumpkins.

Small and lightweight, these pumpkins are easy to carve and decorate.

(You can click here to browse Dollar Tree's online selection)

After cutting a section out for the tops, they were ready to go.

No need to clean as these pumpkins are already hollow 😎

Because the pumpkins are a bit shiny as they come from the store,

I dabbed a bit of Harvest Orange acrylic paint on their surfaces. This brought down the shine and made them a bit more realistic looking.

Note - Don't forget to paint the inside of the rim about and inch or two down. That way you will avoid having any bright white Styrofoam showing between your 'soup' and the pumpkin.

Once the paint was dry I filled the interiors with wadded up plastic bags. The plastic bags are a cheap and easy way to fill the space and allow you to use less of your more expensive materials.

Then it was time to create the soup.

Using more of the Harvest Orange acrylic, I mixed it with lightweight joint compound until I had a color to my liking.

After that it was as easy as pouring the mixture into the pumpkins, making sure to cover all of the plastic. I also used my spatula to give the surfaces a bit of swirl detail.