Paint Pour Pumpkin Wood Sign for Autumn!
Autumn is just around the corner, you can practically smell the pumpkin spice! This fun paint poured pumpkin is the perfect Fall decor...but it's best to do it now, because it takes weeks to cure!
Paint pouring is so much fun! It's the perfect craft for any skill level and it's highly addictive! This cute pumpkin wood cut out is available at Oriental Trading, the perfect place to find everything for every occasion.
Supplies Needed for Pumpkin Paint Pour:
Small Paper Cups
Large Mixing Cup
Stirring Sticks
Plastic Tablecloth or garbage bag
Begin by setting a plastic table cover on your work surface.
Then prop the wood cut out on the tablecloth using little paper cups.
Mix one part of the Paint Pouring Medium with one part paint and stir them up carefully in a little cup.
Mix up a cup of white, a couple shades of yellow and a couple shades of orange. Add some metallic gold for fun too!
Then alternate colors of mixed paint and pour them in a larger mixing cup. Layer the colors in the cup like a bullseye.
Then simply pour the entire contents of the cup all over the pumpkin.
Lift and tilt the pumpkin around a bit to get the paint on all the wood surface.
Then mix up the gold and browns and pour them on the stem.
Now the tricky part is to let the paint dry. Some bubbles will form and can be popped using a torch or an embossing heat gun. Do not apply to much direct heat to the paint or it will harden weird and crack.
Really, this needs to dry for a couple of weeks. The slower it dries, the better. Do not warm it up or place it in the sunshine.
After about 4-6 hours of drying, transfer it carefully into a box, so you can close the lid. This will prevent bugs, hair and dust from falling in the paint. Then let it cure for seriously 2 weeks. Then you can finish off the top with clear gloss and hang it up for Autumn.
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