Depending on what kind of tape you used to hold down the template, it probably ripped some of the background paint off the pumpkin.

Spray paint a pumpkin. Paint the pumpkin, two coats if needed. Steps to start pumpkin painting the best paints to use when pumpkin painting. Tape up the pumpkin stems.

You need to use a primer to cover the orange and make the white apply and cover the pumpkin. Spray paint pumpkins and garlands with the desired paint color. Mix colorful paint with a few drops of water.

Once the pumpkin has dried, remove the painters tape from the stem and paint it to remove the plastic look. There’s no magic to removing the stems. How to paint styrofoam pumpkins.

Dip and flick paint brushes ($6, michaels) to splatter gourds. Paint the stem green or brown. Spray bottle with 50/50 water/vinegar mix.

To avoid runny paint, make sure you’re not spraying too close to the object, and take your time to do a few. Spray painting a pumpkin outdoors with just some recycled brown paper to protect. This colorful set contains 12 brushes and 24 colors (59ml, 2oz), making it the perfect painting.

Any pumpkin cutout will work, but i made this one with an acetate sheet cut out on a cricut machine. Pumpkin surfaces are very smooth, so spray paint won’t stick to them well unless you roughen up the surface first. Evan uses spray paint to create collections of pumpkins in different shades of the same color, to paint the stems of the pumpkins in contrasting shades, and to set a base coat.