DIY Painting a Pumpkin

Soo...I'm still not done decorating for Fall. In my defense, I'm not spending crazy amounts, I'm just being more creative about it than I may have say 3 years ago...

This week, I ran to Walmart with D. and right when you walk in they had a huge pallet of pumpkins for $4. I've really been wanting one. Bad. So I found one with a firm stem and gave it a new home. :)

Carving isn't the best idea with Madeline (the street-smart cat) on the prowl who sniffs out everything. So I figured painting it would be my best option.

Supplies needed:

Pumpkin
Pen
Small paint brush or two
Paints of your choice (I just use the 50¢ bottles from various craft sections found at many stores)

Note: I tried using a pencil on the pumpkin skin but it wasn't wanting to mark. As you can see in the picture I have pencils and black paint- clearly not what I ended up using. In the background is my plastic container full of paints that I ended up using: Dark Chocolate, Hunter Green and Yellow)

Step one:
With a clean pumpkins, draw what you want on the pumpkin to use as a guide or freestyle- whichever you are comfortable with.

Step two:

Start covering what you just drew or wrote with paint. Easy Peasy- no picture required.

Step three:

Enjoy your decorated pumpkin. I added the vine and flower thingy as an after-thought. It made it seem just a little bit better.

Have a good weekend!

Hugs,

A.