Painting Acorns With Laura and Duane

Last week my boyfriend Duane came over to my house with a big bag of acorns! Yay!

 We were going to paint them, so he collected a big bag full for us...but first I had to get them

prepped and ready for painting. I put them into a colander in my kitchen sink and rinsed

them with water, washing off any dirt and mud. Next I towel dried them and spread 

them all out on a large cookie sheet (use one that has a lip, such as a jelly roll pan) and

I baked them in a warm oven at 200 degrees for at 30-60 minutes to dry them out. 

After I turned off the oven, I let the acorns sit in the oven to cool. 

When we were ready to paint our acorns, we covered the table with 

newspaper and put the acorns in a big bowl. 

We didnt use any fancy supplies. I had some acrylic paints on hand

in a variety of colors, so we used those, along with a variety of craft

paint brushes. A plate or piece of cardboard serves as a great palette. You really

 only need a small amount of paint because, well, acorns are pretty small :)

 Glasses go on to paint, and off when he starts taking photos!

 The easiest acorns to paint were the ones that had a little bit of stem.

That gave us a place to hold onto them!

...but of course we still got paint all over our hands :)

I found that you need a pretty steady hand to avoid getting paint on

the acorn cap! 

 Once we painted the acorns, we placed them onto a piece of 

wax paper and set them aside to dry. 

I think we both agreed that the turquoise ones were pretty awesome!

Check out our way cool acorns!

Our work space...

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"Hey that one turned out awesome!"

 Once they dry you can coat them with mod podge or another sealant. 

I think his pumpkin house was the best one! 

I thought this one looked like a miniature Van Gogh

Ghost and black cat

I made the hearts :)

We used the toothpick to try and swirl around the

paint on a few of them.

His turned out awesome!

I found that if you paint them orange they look like pumpkins!

My favorite ones to paint :)

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