how to paint a witches hat

No Halloween decor is complete without a fun and whimsy witches hat in the mix, am I right?? I love cute, not scary, Halloween decor…and this diy witches hat that I painted sure fits the bill!

I am going to walk you through the process the best I can! The pictures explain a lot too!

Supplies Needed:

Any surface to paint on. I used a wooden planked surface that I have had for a long time!

Paint colors of your choice! I used the following colors (all acrylic Apple Barrel):
– Jet Black
– Snow White
– Harvest Orange
– Limeade
– Fruit Punch
– Royal Violet

I wish I remembered where I got this surface, but I don’t. I see them all the time, so any craft store or even Walmart or Target will have them.

First, take your limeade and brush it all over your surface.

While the paint was still wet, I added a little bit of white to my paintbrush and made polka dots on the green. I simply wanted to see a lighter shade of green, but I wanted it to be very subtle! Turned out PERFECT!

 

Once the green paint had dried, I took my black and gently drew the outline of a witches hat on my surface.  I made sure to make it fun and whimsy!

I filled in the hat with black paint, and I put it on extra thick. Once it had somewhat dried, but not completely, I added in some purple streaks!

Once the black was dry (mostly), I added the “belt” of the hat…with white paint. I put it on thick!

The next step is to add black polka dots really thick onto the white! I just hand drew them, and they look fun and whimsical, which as you know, is my favorite style.

The next step is to add stripes! I simply hand drew them on and made sure they didn’t look “perfect”…bc I didn’t want that. I did orange, then black. You can see by looking at the picture above how I did them!

I felt like the stripes and the hat still needed a little something, so I added some highlights to the hat with white and some PINK to the black stripes! Then…last but not least, I decided my hat needed a SPIDER’S WEB! I absolutely adore the end result of this painting!!!

Oh yeah!!! I forgot to mention that at the end of the painting, while some of the highlights were still wet, I added iridescent glitter! 

Be sure to pin for later!

Last Updated on September 13, 2022