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Painted Leopard Pumpkin

Craft Projects· Fall Decor

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I love painting pumpkins as you saw in my chalk paint studded pumpkins post and today painted a leopard pumpkin inspired by my new favorite shoes. it’s a super easy and quick little project that works on faux and real pumpkins.

Painted leopard pumpkin

Materials needed:

  • faux or real pumpkins
  • sharpie or black craft paint
  • brushes
  • tan or beige-brown craft paint

Instructions for painted leopard pumpkins

In our tiny house I don’t have room for a collection of large pumpkins and it honestly always irks me to buy them and then have to see them rot and then throw them out.
So I usually go for small pumpkins.

And since I have a new favorite pair of leopard wedges that I can’t stop wearing, I thought that the simple leopard pattern would be perfect for a tiny pumpkin. It’s a simple leopard pattern, meaning it’s only a plain beige background (no variations) and the simple dark brown spots.
I started out with painting the little pumpkin a beige-brown with acrylic craft paint:
After it dried I just used a small hard bristle brush to paint in the uneven spots. It’s uneven, not perfect and I like it that way. It was a fast and easy little project that added a little touch of fall to our tiny little kitchen.
Just copy the pattern of my pumpkin below.
You could even just use a black sharpie for it too.
See the fur isn’t even and perfect either.
The shoes are really pretty too, right? Oh and you can buy them right HERE*
if you would like to have your own pair
I love the little fella!
And that’s it for today.
Tschüß

(Youleeya)

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  6. Kristen says

    Very cute! I love buying a bunch of little pumpkins as well. I usually go with the little white ones, but now you have me thinking because these are so stinking adorable.

  13. Sheryll And Critters. says

    I too spotted your cute little Leopard pumpkin in your tour and loved it. I sure do love the shoes also, but can’t get them yet…. sigh. I have loved Leopard since I was a little girl and my mom had a green wool coat with a Leopard collar. I actually made a long Leopard (fake fur) coat back in 1970 ish. The material was really wonderful and cost me $16 per yard… expensive back then. Of course that did not include the satin coat lining and interfacing and all. I should have sold it when I knew I was moving back to Florida from D.C. I was offered $300 for it on the spot, but no, I had to keep it. If you only knew how hard it was to sew on.. fuzz everywhere, my mouth, my eyes, my food… lol.