This tutorial will show you how to paint a jack o’ lantern pumpkin with a whimsical witch hat. Paint fun elements on the witch hat such as a spider, fall leaves and pumpkin vines. Enjoy and happy painting! Materials Color Palette Traceable Directions At A Glance Video Step By Step …
3 easy pumpkin tutorials
If you want your pumpkins to rock the graveyard this Halloween, you’d better get started. Luckily, there’s no shortage of ideas when it comes to pumpkins and Jack-o’-lanterns. You can do all kinds of things, from carving to painting and decorating. Go with your favourite idea – and remember that beauty always lies in the pie of the beholder!
If you want your pumpkins to rock the graveyard this Halloween, you’d better get started. Luckily, there’s no shortage of ideas when it comes to pumpkins and Jack-o’-lanterns. You can do all kinds of things, from carving to painting and decorating. Go with your favourite idea – and remember that beauty always lies in the pie of the beholder!
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#1 Carve a pumpkin
It wouldn’t be Halloween without a ghoulish pumpkin on your doorstep. Here’s an easy step-by-step guide for carving a pumpkin with ease. 1. Before you start carving, outline your design. Use a marker and draw the design directly onto the pumpkin. Psst! Free pumpkin stencils available here! 2. Use a knife with a serrated edge to cut around the eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows. 3. Then take a spoon or an ice cream scoop and slowly and carefully dig out all the pulp and seeds.
Letting your little ones loose with a carving knife can be a risky business. So here is a perfectly safe, fun and stylish idea that requires zero knife skills: paint your pumpkins! You’ll need
– Pumpkin
– Black paint
– Thin paintbrush
– Thick paintbrush 1. Pumpkins have built-in sections that makes it very easy to paint a stripy pumpkin. Start by outlining each section with a thin brush. 2. Now, paint the stripes with a thick brush. Tip: You can also paint each section in a different colours or paint your pumpkin pitch-black and add playful orange dots from top to bottom. And if your kids are up for it, paint a cobweb and a spooktacular spider.
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Halloween SoapSox Pumpkin Tutorial
Halloween is one of the best times of the year to have some family time. While there are so many ways to indulge in the Halloween spirit–one of our favorite is pumpkin decorating. Join us weekly as we release pumpkin painting and carving tutorials featuring our SoapSox family characters!
Today we transform one of our fan favorites, Harper the Hippo! In six easy-to-follow steps turn your ordinary pumpkin into a cute and magical addition to your Halloween decor.
SoapSox Halloween Painting Tutorial 01: Harper the Hippo
Things you will need:
- Acrylic paint
- Red
- Blue
- White
- Black
Instructions:
- Step 1: Using acrylic paint and a 1″ flat brush, use long strokes to cover the pumpkin in a soft purple color.
*Tip: Paint half the pumpkin first until dry before painting the other half to avoid messes.
- Step 2: Use a bottle cap as a stencil to mark where the eyes are to be filled in with black. Once complete, fill in the area using a small round paint brush. Apply as many layers needed to achieve a rich color.
- Step 3: With a black marker draw in the upper shape of the head and muzzle area.
- Step 4: Using a small round brush apply pink to hippo cheeks and white paint to create two teeth. Don’t forget about painting in the white hearts in the eyes!
- Step 5: Print the Harper the Hippo printable ears. Cut the ears out from the paper and fold on the dotted line.
- Step 6: Using the 1″ flat brush paint the part of the ear that will be face down on the pumpkin to use as an adhesive. Once applied, paint over the top of the ear that is face down on the pumpkin to camouflage with the purple body. That’s it!
Once your pumpkin is dry, rejoice and display with pride! Tune in next week for the next SoapSox Halloween tutorial or log on to Facebook to suggest what SoapSox character you would like to see!
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