Creations, Dot Painted Pillows and Candy Corn

This is an easy way to paint fun letters on just about anything

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Dot letters are so easy to do, and if you make the letters uneven and tilted on purpose, you get a great result every time!

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Practice on a piece of paper to get the feel of it and space out your letters

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use the tip end of the brush handle, the bigger the tip end, the bigger the dot

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You can use a pencil guideline

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or not

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After you plan and practice your design

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You are ready to go!

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I picked up some inexpensive pillows, 2 for $20, they had white dots already on one side and were plain on the other side [Home Goods]

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Perfect!

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This method works great for candy corn too

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A row of four yellow dots, then 2 rows of 3 orange dots, then a triangle of 3 white dots

Candy Corn!

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Paint away!

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Don’t be scared!

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for another tutorial on painting candy corn, witches and pumpkins, click here

I used regular acrylic paint for these pillows, for small areas like dots it’s not necessary to add textile medium or use fabric paint

 

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17 Responses to “Creations, Dot Painted Pillows and Candy Corn”
  1. Mary says:

    How adorable Jenna, I love your trick and whimsy with the dot letters! What a great technique for adding some Halloween fun or seasonal saying to a pillow. The candy corn treat bags are so simple and sweet too 🙂

  2. Love the dots, Jenna! Cute Trick or Treat pillows and the candy corn bags are perfect!

  3. Kathleen says:

    Very cute, Jenna! Beautiful beach weather here! Have a great weekend!

  4. Really cute!

  5. Kim says:

    Oh, my! That is adorable – and looks easy enough (maybe). Thanks for the idea and instructions. 🙂

  6. Pointillism lives! Updated for the modern age that is. Very cute!

  7. Happier Than A Pig In Mud says:

    Very cute! Love the candy corn too… Now I might have to pick some up on my rounds tomorrow:@)

  8. Tiffany says:

    Cute and simple craft for the kids 🙂

  9. How fun! Thanks so much for sharing at the Twirl & Take a Bow Party! Love having you at the party! Have an awesome week.

  10. KristinaBarbee says:

    So cute! I think I need to do these but have “Happy Fall” on one side, and “Trick or Treat” on the other. Thanks for sharing!

  11. Emily @ Two Purple Couches says:

    So cute! I can’t wait to try this method for myself!

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