It’s best to wait a couple of minutes before removing your Halloween pumpkin stencil when you’ve finished painting. The idea is to be able to get the paper away from the surface without smudging the paint. So, if you let the paint dry just a little it will be less likely to smear.
On the other hand, if the stencil remains in place for the paint to thoroughly dry, some of the paper along the edges will stick to the pumpkin.
When removing the stencil, hold down on one side and roll it away. This is the best way to keep the stencil from dragging across any wet paint.
Touch up any jagged lines with a thin paint brush. You will most likely also need to fill in the crevice areas of the pumpkin that didn’t receive paint.
By the way, don’t miss these Scary Pumpkin Stencils! And if you're a feline fanatic you have to check out the Cat Stencils for Pumpkin Carving.
Wait! Don’t put away the paint brush and paints just yet. There is much more you can do with your Halloween pumpkin stencils. This is the part where you can get very creative. Since you are working with paint, there is no reason you can’t do a second color or even a few colors. Here are a few tips and hints to make your pumpkins really stand out. Once you have completed a layer of black paint on your stencil, reattach the stencil just above the black areas and repaint with yellow. This creates a shadow effect like on the green gourd.
Don’t like all the mess and fuss of carving a pumpkin? But feel the need to carve? Well, I’ve got a great solution for you. How about carving a craft pumpkin? Find out about the many advantages and what you need to do to complete this great Pumpkin Crafts project.
