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How to Make a Lettered Pumpkin
Ichabod Halloween Pumpkin
Give a humble pumpkin sophisticated style by painting it to resemble an antique European grain sack. Our step-by-step instructions show you how.
Materials Needed:
- Lumina pumpkin or artificial white pumpkin
- navy blue acrylic paint
- no. 2 liner brush
- painter's tape
- computer with Word processor
- printer
- printer paper
- graphite transfer paper
- mechanical pencil
- scissors
Tape Stripes
Clean and dry pumpkin. Apply painter's tape horizontally around pumpkin's equator. It doesn't need to be perfectly level or centered.
Yellow Band Design On Lettered Halloween Pumpkin
A yellow painted band design is featured on a Halloween pumpkin being prepared for lettering.
Paint Stripes
Using a no. 2 liner brush, paint a thin stripe above and below taped line. Remove tape and allow paint to dry.
Design and Print Lettering
Design text using Word processor and print (Blackadder ITC was used in this project). Cut out text and cut piece of transfer paper to same size.
Printout Of Lettering For Lettered Halloween Pumpkin
A lettering printout features an antique font for a lettered Halloween pumpkin.
Transfer and Paint Text
Position graphite paper between printed text and pumpkin, then tape into place over top stripe. Use leadless mechanical pencil to trace text, transferring lettering to pumpkin. Remove text, transfer paper and tape. Use acrylic paint and no. 2 liner brush to paint over transferred text. Allow to dry. Note: A fresh Lumina pumpkin will keep indoors for several weeks. Dispose when pumpkin flesh gives under light finger pressure.
