Use a tall candlestick as a pedestal and give your pumpkin the royal treatment with gold leaf and spray adhesive.

Tools:

One pumpkin

Spray adhesive

Gold leaf

Paintbrush

Method:

1. Wash and dry pumpkin and spray with adhesive.

2. Lay foil overtop, one piece at a time, smoothing down into creases with paintbrush as you go.

3. Work your way around pumpkin and don’t worry about crinkles; they add to the effect.

Courtesy Virginie Martocq, www.chatelaine.com