Gorgeous Halloween Concrete Decoration 

A Woman Buys Cheap Plastic Pumpkins, Mixes Up Her Ingredients and the End Result in Gorgeous Halloween Decoration …

A woman decided to ‘mix up’ her Halloween decorations to create a permanent concrete mould that was fun and easy! Read more to find out how she did it …

I gathered my supplies … hypertufa-concrete is a mix or peat moss, perlite & cement most recipes call for Portland cement I used vinyl concrete patching cement I had left over from another project ~ I also added some cement colour additive because I didn’t want my finished pumpkins to be cement grey …

I mixed up my ingredients and added some colour ~ my mix was approximately 2 parts CONCRETE to 1 part each of the peat moss & perlite ~ I added enough water to make a thick cottage cheese type texture …

I covered the hole in the bottom with a piece of duct tape, sprayed the inside of my pumpkins with cooking spray to keep the mixture from sticking and filled them to the top … I used rail road spikes for stems I pushed them right down the centre, the mix was thick enough to hold them upright while they dried …

I set them aside to dry for a few days and then got to work on removing the plastic pumpkin moulds ~ I used a utility knife to slice down the sides and then pealed them right off …