Painted Pumpkin

If you are like me, you are always looking for ways to incorporate your faith into your holiday decorations. 

If your pumpkin is fresh, it can last for a month or two.

Create your own masterpiece or let your children create theirs. Put the finished masterpiece on your table or front porch and share the name of Jesus!

All you need is a pumpkin, inexpensive acrylic paints, and a marker to do the detailed lettering or design.

Why not paint a pumpkin for Thanksgiving or harvest time?

 I started with a nice orange pumpkin from Walmart ($3.88).

 Then I painted it about halfway down with an acrylic paint called "light mocha."
 

I finished the edges with an "informal scallop" (i.e. sloppy scallop).
 

Then I added a layer of light blue and purposely made the border "feathery."

It took some experimenting with colors to get what I wanted. I darkened the first blue, then added a navy blue on top of it. I purposely allowed the lighter blue to show through.

This is my finished pumpkin. 

With a Sharpie, I free-handed "Give Thanks unto the Lord" and added some dot designs.

Both painting and writing on the pumpkin required care. The paint kept coming up when new coats were added and it was easy to pull up paint with the Sharpie.

It's a little traditional and non-traditional, but I like it. 
And, hey, it cost me less than $5.

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