Canvas Jack-O-Lanterns

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Make these Easy Canvas Jack-o-Lanterns to decorate your home! Repurpose simple Dollar Store art canvases to create a Jack-O-Lantern-inspired lantern perfect for all those spooky Halloween nights.

Supplies for this Easy Jack-O-Lantern Craft

Art Canvas, Four – Dollar Store
Wooden Craft Stick, One – Dollar Store
Glue Gun and Glue Sticks – Dollar Store
Twinkle Lights, White – Dollar Store
Batteries – Dollar Store
Acrylic Craft Paint – Bright Orange, Medium Orange, Dark Orange
Scrap of Felt – Olive Green
Recycled Champagne Cork
A scrap of Cardboard
Vellum Paper
Wired Twine
Craft Knife
Self-Healing Mat
Scissors
Wire Cutters
Pencil
Leaf Pattern & JACK-O-LANTERN PATTERNS

Step By Step Instructions for the Canvas Jack-O-Lantern

STEP ONE
Base-coat all four art canvases with medium orange acrylic craft paint. While still wet, add in strokes of dark orange and light orange acrylic craft paint. Blend until you are pleased with the color variations.

STEP TWO
Download and print the JACK-O-LANTERN PATTERNS and cut them out with scissors. Flip over one canvas and trace the Jack-O-Lantern features with a pencil.

Place the canvas on a self-healing mat and carefully cut out the Jack-O-Lantern features with a craft knife.

STEP THREE

Base-coat the backside and edges of the four canvases with medium orange acrylic craft paint.

Trim a wooden craft stick in three pieces with scissors and attach it to the back of the Jack-O-Lantern teeth with a glue gun and glue sticks.

STEP FOUR
Attach the canvases together in a rectangle using a glue gun and glue sticks. Gluing a canvas to the right and left side.

Secure the back canvas to the first three with a glue gun and glue sticks to complete the rectangle.

STEP FIVE
Measure and cut a piece of scrap cardboard to fit the bottom of the lantern.

Base-coat the cardboard with medium orange acrylic craft paint.

With the orange side up, attach the cardboard to the base of the lantern with a glue gun and glue sticks.

STEP SIX
Download and print the LEAF PATTERN, layer it onto a scrap of olive green craft felt, and cut out two with scissors. To create dimension, apply a dot of glue at the base of each leaf and fold it in half.

Measure and cut two 12” lengths of wired twine using wire cutters. Wrap around a pencil, and then slide off to create a vine. Stretch and bend the wire to create a pumpkin vine.

Attach a champagne cork to the front center of the canvas with a glue gun and glue sticks. Hold in place until the glue dries completely. Glue the wired twine vines and the leaves to the sides of the cork stem.

STEP SEVEN
Measure and cut a piece of vellum paper 4” by 6” and place it inside the lantern behind the Jack-O-Lantern features. Place batteries in a strand of twinkle lights and place them inside the lantern. The vellum gives the lantern a soft glow.

Printable Craft Card

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