Black & White Pumpkin Arrangement

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'Tis the season for Halloween fun, black and white, the Pantone Color of the Year, foam three. Let me show you how it's done.

This year's announcement of the Pantone color of the Year inspired me to think about black and white. Let's really be totally achromatic. So I started by painting my pumpkin using the glossy black from Design Master, and then I speckled it with the glossy white, giving it that shiny, fabulous coloration. I did baby pumpkins as well as the large. Then once I painted, I went ahead and carved it out so that it's emptied, scooped it, and it fits my vessel perfectly. I did pre-measure that to make sure. Then with the top, I let it dry overnight, and then I went back and painted the sides so that it would show. Didn't work when I tried it wet, so you need to wait overnight, then paint the sides. To secure it in place, using wood skewers that I just pierced into the flesh. And then the oasis flow adhesive bonds it permanently so that you can use that to anchor it into the arrangement.

The flowers, everything from our friends at Florabundance.com, some beautiful white roses, some ruffled anemones, hydrangea, and then I took some creative liberties. They had sent me some beautiful white anthereum and I painted them black on the spadix because I thought that really followed through with the theme. The galax leaves also painted black, shiny, and glossy.

As I begin the flowering, the hydrangeas come first. I'm going to use it as a bit of a nest to support everything else. So cutting it short and then dipping it in allum and then just dropping it into the vessel first. Could actually be a tad bit shorter. So I'm going to cut again and then drop it in. Next with the leaves, because that'll help conceal the lip of the container, drawing the eye in a bit, coming around. And then once I have all of this in place, I can go back and start adding the roses and the anemones.

Next up, the beautiful roses. Again, cutting them short. So they just go right in, nestling. Add that little tiny bit of green. And maybe the beautiful anemones. That ruffle is so grand. Getting it across. Make sure it's nice and stable in there and repeating. Then as you work, spin it around, make sure you get all sides equally beautiful, but I'm leaving the center empty saved for the lid.

Once you have your flowers in place, you can test to see how tall the pumpkin lid should be. You can see I cut my sticks down almost in half. That way I can place it in and let it just nestle, resting right amongst the flowers. Then you can go back and add an additional leaf or an additional flower, whatever you might need to finish it off. And then when you're ready, go back and add the beautiful miniature anthereum. You can see the spadix is so grand in the black, just finding a spot. And it's a bit of a wicked surprise to add into your flowers. And then turning it, making sure you have it on both sides so it looks beautiful all around.

The flower recipe, all of the flowers are from our friends at Florabundance.com. Today I used seven of the Roses, five of the Ruffle Anemone, and then three of the beautiful Anthurium, 10 Galax Leaves painted black, and one stem of Hydrangea.

It was so much fun to bring the 2026 Pantone Color of the Year cloud dancer into the Halloween world. You'll find so much more creative inspiration for Halloween and all different colors on our website, flowerschool.com. If you have questions, you can reach us through there, but now it's your turn. What are you going to create this Halloween season using white? Be sure to take a picture of your fabulous creation, post it on social media and #FloralDesignInstitute. That way we all can see what you do as you do something you love.