Trick-or-Treat Entryway in Purple

Mix up the doormat with other holiday shapes, from cats to witches and ghosts.

• Jute rug
• Newspaper
• Clear self-sticking covering (we used Con-Tact Paper)
• Craft knife or scissors
• Spray paint: Krylon Interior-Exterior Ultra Flat Black (1602) and Interior-Exterior Ultra Pumpkin Orange (2411), Osha Safety Green (2012), Home Decor Plum Royale (7406), and Short Cuts Hot Pink (SCS-039)
• Large pieces of cardboard
• Circle-shape item, such as a coaster or jar lid

1. Cut or piece newspaper to the same size as the rug. Freehand-draw large pumpkins in assorted shapes and sizes onto the newsprint. Cut out each pumpkin shape, including the stem, to make one template for each shape.
2. Transfer each of the pumpkin templates onto a piece of clear self-sticking covering, piecing the covering if necessary to make a stencil for each pumpkin. Use a craft knife or scissors to carefully cut out each pumpkin on the lines. Cut a separate stencil for each stem.
3. Beginning with a background pumpkin, remove the backing from the stencil and smooth it in place on the rug. Firmly press along the cut edges of the stencil. Use large pieces of cardboard to protect the rug around the edges of the stencil.
4. Spray the pumpkin the desired color, following the manufacturer's instructions. When the paint is completely dry, remove the backing from the stem-shape stencil.
5. Spray the stem black; let dry. Repeat these steps for each of the pumpkins.
6. For the dotted pumpkin, cut out an additional pumpkin stencil, using the circle-shape item to make polka dots and removing only the polka-dot shapes.
7. Remove the backing from the stencil and carefully position it on the pumpkin, firmly smoothing down the edges of the circles. Spray the dots black.