How To Paint Paper Mache Pumpkins
Your guests are going to cherish the sights of the antique paper mache pumpkins for a long time after the visit.
How to paint paper mache pumpkins. Another short film on how to make a basic paper mache pumpkin for the holiday. I love the old paper mache halloween pumpkins that were made in germany back in the 1920s and 30s. Since this beautiful customizable project takes a few days to finish if you are planning to put them up for a gathering you should perform steps 1 3 much ahead of time. To get a nice even coverage you may need to give the pumpkin more than one coat of the white paint.
Step 1 the bag. Start by painting the entire pumpkin with the white paint and leave to dry. Keep a bucket. Darice paper mache pumkins.
Some were candy containers and some were lanterns. They were made of pressed paper pulp that was put into molds dried and then painted in vivid colors. To create a pumpkin i begin by filling a plastic bag with newspaper. Use a can of paint and a paintbrush for this not a spray can.
The paper mache pumpkins are inexpensive and it would be so fun to see how how everyone decorated them to make them their own. Creating paper mache pumpkins 2015 rex winn. A fun family activity for the fall holidays a papier mache pumpkin is excellent for halloween or thanksgiving decoration. I purchased mine at michael s craft store.
The latex paint cleans up easily with soap and water and. I used my heat tool to speed up the drying process. To get started with your diy pumpkin decor first base coat your pumpkins in white paint. I used chalk paint as the flat finish makes it a great primer and it dries very quickly.
Craft paint in your choice of colors darice paint brushes. For the larger pumpkins i had large pieces of plastic that were lying around that i stuffed in with the newspaper step 2. For my pumpkin projects nine of them i used grocery bags garbage bags and leaf bags. Using a small paint brush load the paint brush with one.
Lightly draw out your spooky halloween design onto your pumpkin lightly shading in any areas that need to be painted black. Using my go to folkart chalk paint in adirondack white i painted everywhere except the stem. Supplies for painting the papier mâché pumpkins. Collecting the actual antique halloween pumpkins can.
Below is a garbage bag filled with newspaper. Fill in the areas that. Vintage paper mache pumpkins as jack o lanterns. The finished pumpkin can be used as a reusable jack o lantern candy bowl pumpkin top hat door decoration scarecrow hea.
The first thing you need to do is paint the entire pumpkin inside and out with a flat black outdoor paint. Then i took tim holtz distress paint in walnut stain mixed it with a bit of.