Pumpkin Painting

Oh My Gourdness, It's Autumn!

With a chill in the air and decorated Fall doorsteps, we know Halloween is coming up! To get our storefront ready, we’ve been brewing up another project for and your little one(s). Grab a pumpkin and let’s make this fa-BOO-lous autumn piece!

Materials

Pumpkin
Pipettes and/or spoons
Tempera paint in red, blue, yellow and white
Cups or containers for paint
Water
Tray (a scrap piece of cardboard will do outdoors!)

Let’s get started!

Steps

1. Clean and dry your pumpkin to ensure the paint sticks!

2. Mix up your preferred paint colors and dilute each color with a little bit of water to create a milky consistency. We recommend limiting color palettes to warm colors (red, pink, yellow and orange) or cool colors (blue, purple, green).

3. Insert your pipette into a desired color and squeeze the paint over the pumpkin. If you don’t have a pipette, use a spoon to slowly add drips to the pumpkin.

4. Keep layering colors and watch them mix!