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Jewel-Toned Pumpkins & Creatures

Create a stunning color story on your mantel or dining table with these beautiful colors and finishes for an eerie addition to your Halloween decor. Cover plastic spiders and snakes with color to elevate the spookiness of your display!

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At a Glance:

Project #16116 Skill Level: Intermediate
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Plaid Supplies

FolkArt ® Enamels™ - Berry Wine, 2 oz. - 4007

Number Needed: 1 $2.99
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Prairie Sunset, 2 oz. - 6453

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Licorice, 2 oz. - 938

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Licorice, 2 oz. - 2934

Number Needed: 1 $1.99
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Plaid ® Brush Sets - Basic Brush Set, White Nylon - 44220

Number Needed: 1 $3.99
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FolkArt ® Treasure Gold™ - Gold, 4 oz. - 5535

Number Needed: 1 $15.99
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FolkArt ® Treasure Gold™ - Fire Opal, 4 oz. - 5543

Number Needed: 1 $15.99
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F/A ONE DECOR DEEP FUSCHIA 8 OZ.

Number Needed: 1 $7.99
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Other Supplies

  • Hot Glue Gun
  • Silicon mat or wax paper
  • 5 Pumpkins Assorted sizes
  • Plastic toy spiders and snake
  • 2 wood boxes and succulents
  • Stencil tape

instructions

  1. PUMPKINS- Basecoat all pumpkins in colors shown in photo.  Let dry.
  2. Snake pumpkin- Using hot glue, attach snake to pumpkin as shown and apply second coat, completely covering pumpkin and snake with Fuchsia.  Let dry.  Apply second coat if needed.
  3. Add accents to pumpkins as shown with strokes of color.  Let dry.
  4. Planters- tape off bottom and paint top with Gold.  Let dry and remove tape.  Create ombre by painting top of box with Fuchsia and bottom with Berry Wine, blend together where colors meet in the middle and let dry. 
  5. Paint plastic spiders as shown, let dry.
  6. WEBS- using the hot glue, simply squeeze glue onto mat or wax paper in simple spider web patterns.  Let glue cool and harden and paint as shown. 
  7. Attach webs and spiders as shown with hot glue.

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Cool colors are all the colors on the Green and Blue side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Green, Green, Blue/Green, Blue, Blue/Purple, Purple are all cool colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
Transparent colors are thinned with medium or water to create a wash or a glaze of color that you can see through to the underlying surface.
Warm colors are all the colors on the yellow and red side of the color wheel. Yellow, Yellow/Orange, Orange, Red Orange, Red, Red/Purple, Purple are all warm colors. All colors on the color wheel can be both warm and cool except Orange.
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