Our family has a long tradition of thrift store shopping. Especially for crafting! If you go a lot, you will notice that many times there are loads of framed landscape paintings for very cheap. I saw a cute way to use those up on TikTok. It's so simple, and a wonderful way to use up those old paintings in a sustainable way.
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I know people complain about TikTok, but I find delightful crafting videos on it all the time. I was cruising through a bunch of Halloween videos when I saw this idea for using a thrift store painting and making it Halloween. I wish I knew who the original crafter was so I could give him/her credit.
Directions:
You will simply paint ghostly figures and pumpkins onto a thrift store painting.
1. Clean the painting with a soft cloth.
2. Decide where to add your ghosts and pumpkins.
3. Paint ghosts and pumpkins onto the painting.
a. If there is a tree, place a ghost peeking around it.
b. If there is a path, place your pumpkins on the edges.
c. If there are windows, place either ghosts or pumpkins there.
4. Let paint try completely.
5. Add on features with a black Sharpie.
Materials:
1 painting from a thrift store
acrylic paints or watercolors
brushes
water
black sharpie markers.
Suggestions:
I purchased my painting from the Dollar Tree. I wanted to practice first before I tried a real canvas. Use acrylic paint if you want a more solid look, watercolor provides you a more see-through ghost or pumpkin.
Here are some more fun traditions using products in a sustainable way!
Julie at Sum of Their Stories made Vintage Doily Afternoon Tea Embroidery Upcycle
Gail at Purple Hues and Me made DIY Paper Mache Pumpkin Centerpiece
Jo at A Rose Tinted World made DIY Halloween Bowling Game
Mel at Decor Craft Design made DIY Halloween Haunted House Sign
Shelly at Mimi-A Great Name for Grandma made DIY Bubbling Cauldron
This is such fun Terri! You did a great job. There are so many canvases similar to this in Charity shops near here, this is such a great way to use them :-)
ReplyDeleteYour painting is very cute and cool, Terri! Painting ghosts on thrift store paintings has become a hot DIY trend this season! And a lot of trends eventually become traditions, don't they? Good choice!
ReplyDeleteLove this upcycle! Such a good way to reuse an old painting that you didn't like.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very clever and unique Halloween decoration idea! I continually try to think of ways to use old pictures I see when thrift store shopping. I absolutely love your idea of painting Halloween scenes on old landscape paintings. Truly a brilliant and very fun idea! Thanks for sharing!
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