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    Handpainted Pumpkin Patch Sign

    Crafting, Fall Crafts, Halloween Crafts, Holiday & Seasonal Crafts

    I just love how creative my blogging friends are.

    Every day when I visit their blogs or browse around on Pinterest, I always have one of those “why didn’t I think of that?” moments. Given the same canvas or the same materials to work with, creative people will each put their own spin on it and make something unique.

    Learn how to paint this adorable pumpkin patch sign, plus see how other bloggers transformed the same wooden pumpkin.

    Give a group of bloggers a wooden pumpkin, for instance, and no two will look the same.

    1 Wooden Pumpkin, 8 Different Ideas

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    My friend Sara from Major Hoff Takes a Wife challenged a group of us to makeover a humble wooden pumpkin from the craft store. The results ranged from retro to modern, with themes spanning fall to Halloween to Thanksgiving. Heck, one pumpkin even got a Texas-sized makeover, y’all!

    You can check out all the smashing pumpkins at the end of this post. But first, let me show you what I did with mine.

    1 Wooden Pumpkin, 8 Different Ideas

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    I started out with a large wooden pumpkin from the craft store. I think these are sold out, now that retailers are moving onto Christmas decor, but you can find a similar wooden pumpkin here.

    I ruminated over what to do with my pumpkin for a while, trying to come up with a different idea. I was worried my pumpkin would look like someone else’s!

    I finally decided to make a pumpkin patch sign, with a layered crackle finish.

    See how 8 bloggers transformed the same wooden pumpkin in very different ways. I love this vintage-look pumpkin patch sign with a crackle finish.

    To achieve the crackle finish, I started out by painting my pumpkin with DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish paint in Heritage. Then, I layered on the DecoArt Weathered Wood crackling medium, allowing it to dry before adding a thin topcoat of DecoArt Americana Chalky Finish in Lace.

    For step-by-step instructions on how to achieve a crackled paint finish with chalk paint, check out this tutorial.

    See how 8 bloggers transformed the same wooden pumpkin in very different ways. I love this vintage-look pumpkin patch sign with a crackle finish.

    Normally, when I make signs, I use my Silhouette Cameo to make a stencil for the lettering. But honest-to-gosh truth, when I was working on this pumpkin, I was too tired/lazy to go upstairs to my computer to make the stencil. So, I ended up freehanding the lettering.

    See how 8 bloggers transformed the same wooden pumpkin in very different ways. I love this vintage-look pumpkin patch sign with a crackle finish.

    I sketched the words out on a piece of paper first, then flipped the paper over and traced them in pencil on the backside of the paper.

    Next, I taped the paper to the pumpkin, and used a pencil on the front to go over the letters once again. I made sure to press firmly. By doing so, the pencil marks from the back of the paper transferred to the wood.

    Then, I filled in the letters with paint.

    See how 8 bloggers transformed the same wooden pumpkin in very different ways. I love this vintage-look pumpkin patch sign with a crackle finish.

    First, I used DecoArt Chalky Finish paint in New Life, a perfect fall green, to paint the words. Then, I used a thin paintbrush to add a bit of ivory paint to center of each letter. Finally, I used a fine paint brush to outlined the letters in orange.

    See how 8 bloggers transformed the same wooden pumpkin in very different ways. I love this vintage-look pumpkin patch sign with a crackle finish.

    To finish off my pumpkin, I wrapped the stem in jute twine.

    I love how it looks on my hearth for fall.

    Be sure to visit my blogging friends to see how they transformed their pumpkins!

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    Filed Under: Crafting, Fall Crafts, Halloween Crafts, Holiday & Seasonal Crafts Tagged With: fall crafts, fall decor, fall decorating, fall decorating ideas, Halloween, Halloween crafts, Halloween decor, Halloween decorating, handpainted signs, pumpkins, signs

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    1. Gabriela

      September 19, 2015 at 6:29 am

      How creative! I can never get tired of Pinterest as well.

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    2. Mrs Major Hoff

      September 14, 2015 at 9:15 am

      I love your crackle finish! Thanks for joining us Amy, it was a lot of fun!

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