Mackenzie Childs Inspired DIY Pumpkins
I'm a huge fan of Mackenzie Childs whimsical style, especially the signature check. However, if I bought every piece I adore I'd be in big trouble! So what do Makers do? We DIY!
Decorate plain ceramic pumpkins with paint pens. I found mine at Target for $1 each. Can't beat that! The paint pens, I had at home.
Follow the grooves in the pumpkin with your paint pen. One reason I love the Mackenzie Childs style is it's not "perfect" so if there are imperfections, all the better!
Go horizontally around the pumpkin to create your grid. Place a pencil dot in the squares to be filled in so you don't mess up your pattern!
Fill in your squares until complete.
Once your squares are all filled in, go back down the grooves with a gold paint pen and also go around the base of the stem and paint the stem. You can see where my gold paint pen bled a little leaving a dot, and I just went back over that spot with the black.
For the striped pumpkin, I used acrylic paints to fill in but it's the same concept. Line the grooves with the paint pen, fill in the sections with a couple of coats of paint, then go down the sides of each filled in section with antique gold paint.
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This is great! I have an aunt who is OBSESSED with Mackenzie Childs so I might have to make some of these for her 😊.
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