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Apple Barrel Jack-O-Lantern Plant Pokes

Give your garden a silly and spooky graveyard look! Your plants are dying for an Halloween upgrade!

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At a Glance:

Project #16605 Skill Level: Beginner
supplies

Plaid Supplies

Apple Barrel ® Colors - Snow White, 2 oz. - 21884

Number Needed: 1 $0.99
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Apple Barrel ® Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paints - Black, 2 oz. - 21985E

Number Needed: 1 $1.49
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Folkart ® Brush Sets - Artist Variety Set, 10 pc. - 50536

Number Needed: 1 $8.99
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Plaid ® Wood Surfaces - Plant Pokes, 12 pcs. - 63443

Number Needed: 1 $4.79
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Other Supplies

  • Computer printout of pumpkin patterns 
  • Twine 
  • Aleene’s Tacky Glue 
  • Transfer paper 
  • Pencil 

instructions

  1. Transfer patterns to the pokes.   
  2. Paint the pumpkins with Outrageous Orange.
  3. Transfer lines of the pumpkins. Shade the lines with watered down Black. Highlight with Snow White. 
  4. Transfer pumpkin faces to pokes and paint Black. 
  5. Transfer the dimensional parts to the eyes and mouth. Paint with Outrageous Orange while leaving some of the Black showing through. 
  6. Paint the outside areas around pumpkins Black. 

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Related FAQs

There are two types of curing methods that can be used with Apple Barrel Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint: baking and air drying. NOTE: Please use the bake method for items you intend to wash in the top rack of your dishwasher. 

Bake Method:
  1. Allow painted item to dry for 24 hours to be sure all layers of paint have dried.
  2. Place project in a cool oven, as the glass must heat gradually with the oven to avoid breakage; do not place glass in a hot oven.
  3. Set oven temperature to 350ºF.
  4. Once temperature has reached 350ºF, allow the project to bake for 30 minutes.
  5. After 30 minutes, turn the oven off and let glass cool down completely before removing from the oven.
  6. Do not use for 72 hours.
Air Dry Method: Paint is cured to the surface after 21 days; however, the air-dried projects are NOT suitable for use in the top rack of your dishwasher. 

Learn more about how to cure your painted glass projects.
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