I found this wooden cut out in the Art and Craft store and thought it would be fun to make it into a Halloween Decoration. It’s fairly easy to make with minimal supplies and would be a great project to make with kids, supervised of course 😉

Supplies:

• Wooden “Spooky” cut out with hanging wire
• Gesso
• Folkart Crackle Medium
• Acrylic Paint: Red, Black
• Acrylic Paint Pens: Red, White
• Stickles: Xmas Red
• Inkssentials Glossy Accents
• 2 Black glitter pumpkin bell ornaments

Instructions:

1. Paint the wooden cut out with gesso. Let dry.
2. Paint cut out with red acrylic paint. Let dry.
3. Paint cut out with Folkart Crackle Medium. Let dry.
4. Paint cut out with black acrylic paint. Note: While this layer dries, the paint will start to crack and you’ll see the red paint underneath show through. Make sure to let this completely dry before moving on.
5. Using the white and red acrylic paint pens, outline the letters a little to make them stand out more. Note: If you don’t have the pens, you can also use a liner brush dipped in white and red acrylic paint to make the thin lines.
6. Add drops of blood to the letters with the red Stickles. Let dry.
7. Using the Glossy Accents, go over the Stickles blood drops. Once dry, this will give the droplets a 3D effect.
8. Last, tie on your pumpkin ornaments to the ends where the wires are and that’s it!