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Mod Podge Ultra Yarn Painting Pumpkins

Wrap your pumpkins with colorful yarn and hold in place with Mod Podge Ultra! Create vibrant pattern, shapes, numbers, and letters with this fun project idea. Add texture and character to your Halloween pumpkins with Mod Podge.

This project features these great brands:

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At a Glance:

Project #15619 Skill Level: Intermediate
supplies

Plaid Supplies

Mod Podge ® Ultra Gloss, 8 oz. - CS44653

Number Needed: 1 $15.99
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Eggplant, 2 oz. - 2253

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Citrus Green, 2 oz. - 2552

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Pure Black, 2 oz. - 479

Number Needed: 1 $1.69
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Other Supplies

  • Pumpkins
  • Tissue Paper
  • Yarn
 

instructions

  1. Paint your pumpkins with Folkart acrylic paint and let dry.
  2. Spray your tissue paper with Mod Podge Ultra. Mold the paper into a cone shape. Let this dry.
  3. Soak your yarn in Mod Podge Ultra and arrange it in different patterns on your pumpkins. Lay the pumpkins yarn side up when they dry. Let each yarn covered side of the pumpkin dry fully before completing another side. You don’t want the yarn to fall down in the drying process.
  4. Wrap your dried tissue paper cones with Mod Podge Ultra soaked yarn. Let the cones dry.
  5. Attatch the yarn cones to the stems of your pumpkins and adhere with a final spray of Mod Podge Ultra. Let dry.
 

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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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Disclaimer: The information found in each project is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, nor results guaranteed, nor is freedom from any patent to be inferred. Since we have no control over physical conditions surrounding the application of information herein contained, Plaid Enterprises, Inc. disclaims any liability for untoward results.

Important: Please be sure to thoroughly read the instructions for all products, paying particular attention to all cautions and warnings shown to ensure the proper and safe use of the product.

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