How to Paint Gingham Pumpkins for a Farmhouse Fall Display
Paint your pumpkins a pretty plaid pattern with our easy tutorial.
Add a touch of farmhouse style to your fall decor with a classic gingham print. We used two shades of gray acrylic paint on a white pumpkin for a neutral variation on the traditional plaid pattern. These DIY gingham pumpkins are simple to make and will be a fabulous modern addition to your lineup of painted pumpkins. Paint buffalo check on a real pumpkin or opt to use a faux pumpkin so you can display it year after year.
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- Working Time 30 Minutes
- Start to Finish 3 Hours
- Difficulty Projects Easy
What you need
Tools
- Pencil
- Paintbrush
Materials
- Newspaper or scrap paper
- White pumpkin
- Gray acrylic paint
- Disposable plate, for mixing paint
- Black acrylic paint
How to do it
Step 1 Step 1: Draw a Guide
Put down newspaper to protect your work surface before starting on your gingham painted pumpkin. Use a pencil to lightly draw guidelines for the horizontal sections. The guides will help you keep the lines straight as you paint around the pumpkin. Our sections were about one inch wide, but you can make yours larger or smaller depending on the size of your pumpkin. If you aren’t happy with your line placement, just erase it and try again.
Step 2 Step 2: Paint Gray Grid
Using the natural seams of the pumpkin as a guide, paint gray vertical strokes on every other segment. Next, fill in the horizontal lines you marked earlier with the same gray paint. You should now have a grid of thick gray lines, with unpainted white squares in between.
Step 3 Step 3: Paint Dark Gray Squares
Mix a tiny amount of black paint into the gray paint to create a slightly darker shade. (Plain black will be too stark to make the overlapping illusion.) Paint the boxes created by the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines with the dark gray paint. If desired, paint the stem dark gray to match. Let the paint dry fully before displaying.
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