Tin Can Pumpkins

5 Materials
$2
15 Minutes
Easy
Now, this is an old-school craft… or simply a craft this old lady learned in school. It was many moons ago in kindergarten or first grade where we all first painted cans to make various art projects. I have a feeling there was a lot more tin in the cans back in those days, and the paints were probably not as environmentally safe as they are today, but nevertheless, we had a good time making mummies, pumpkins, turkeys and more using tin cans we painted during our "art class".
• Thoroughly wash and dry your tin can.


• Paint the tin cans with acrylic paint:


• Craft Essentials 72008 Orange was used on the large can shown.


• Folkart Multi Surface 2904W Vivid Orange was used on the small can shown.


• When the orange is almost dry, wipe a small amount of brown acrylic paint to create some dimension on the cans. Craft Essentials 72029 Spice Brown was used on these cans.


• Let dry completely.
• Use green paint to paint the cork and/or spool with green paint. This craft uses two colors to create a little dimension: Folk Art In 924 Thicket and DecoArt in Christmas Green color. Let dry completely.


• Allow to dry completely.
• Once your “stem” (wooden spool or wine cork) is dry, affix the green stem to the top of the pumpkins with hot glue.


• Allow to dry and remove any glue “strings”


• Tie with raffia as desired.
• Place in a box, basket, with tissue, more raffia, grass, “spider web”, on a bed of pinecones, etc to dress up your display.
Suggested materials:
  • Acrylic Paint in Orange, Green and Brown
  • 2 Tin Cans (empty)
  • 2 Wine Corks or Empty Wooden Thread Spool (mix and match, or 2 alike)
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