Painted Leopard Pumpkin
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
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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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i spied these in your home tour and loved them! such a clever idea!
Only you would come up with a leopard pumpkin!!!! I love it!! The pumpkin and the shoes are fab!
Cute!! and those shoes are fab!
So adorable Julia!!! I spied it in the home tour too and loved it!! Your creativity never fails!!
Leopard goes with everything…even pumpkins! Very cute.
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.
Cutest little pumpkin ever!!
So very cute, Julia! I have very similar wedges, they get a lot of wear here too!
Super cute!
I love your leopard pumpkin, how fabulous is that?
Seriously too cute! I will never tire of leopard!
You know I am a huge fan of this. Leopard all the things!!!
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.
This is so adorable and such a fun stylish take on a little Halloween decor- I love it Julia!!
LOVE it!! Super chic!! xo, amy
Love it Julia and I love how you set up your pic!So cool!
Those shoes rock! The little pumpkin is adorable. Bigger is not always better.
Haha, not always! Thank you.
Love it! You always come up with such fun pumpkins that are so YOU 🙂
Soooo cute, and I love how you shot it with a leopard shoe!
So cute! I love the pumpkin but also am loving those shoes! So happy leopard print is trending this season! 😀
so cute!! I love it.
This is so cute. Love the fun idea.
So flippin cute Julia! I love it!
Super cute shoes! And I love the matching pumpkin.
CUTE! Chic halloween!