Introduction:
Painting a pumpkin is a safe
way to decorate the favorite vegetable of Halloween!
This activity is especially challenging because
it requires planning a design on two dimensional
paper and translating it to a three dimensional
object. A traditional pumpkin face or a design
which encircles the pumpkin is a fun decorative
project!
Materials:
Bond
paper
#2
pencil
Eraser
Acrylic paints
Round
and flat synthetic brushes for acrylic painting
Water
jug
Disposable
palette paper for color mixing
Uncut
pumpkin
Directions:
1. Sketch your pumpkin decorating idea
on paper. Try to create a design that will cover a large
part on one half of the pumpkin. You can also decorate
the backside! Sketch the idea for that side of the pumpkin
out too.
2. Draw your ideas as closely as possible onto the pumpkin with pencil.
3. Fill in areas with the acrylic paint. Let areas dry and paint smaller
details over the top of them!
4. Put your pumpkin where trick-or-treaters will see it on Halloween!
