Wood Halloween Decor with Walnut Hollow Wood #JPHalloween

There's something about the look of distressed, rustic wood that can look spooky for Halloween, country for fall, and sophisticated for Thanksgiving. Today I am sharing 3 wood projects using Walnut Hollow's new Halloween wood shapes from Walnut Hollow. I received the product in this post for free from the sponsors Walnut Hollow and Clearsnap. This post contains affiliate links.

This year Walnut Hollow came out with some fabulous Halloween and Fall shapes to add to their already awesome line of Made in the USA Wood Craft Products. The wood takes paint, ink, and other media readily and it easy to sand, distressed, decoupage on – it's really a blank wood canvas! The techniques on these projects are similar but each one has a twist. I used wax as a resist distressing agent on 3 of the signs, embossing powder and ink on one of them, stencils and paint pens on others. I created a tutorial for each individual project so you can easily choose the one you want to make. Here's how I created each of these wood decor projects:

DIY Distressed Skull with a weathered wood effect

Distressed Skull Supplies:

• Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Everlasting DecoArt
• Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Escape DecoArt
• DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint, 2-Ounce, Purple DecoArt
• Walnut Hollow Rustic Pine Skull, 7.5″ by 11″ Walnut Hollow
• 3M Wetordry Sandpaper, 9-Inch by 11-Inch, Assorted Grit, 5-Sheet
• 16oz. Household Wax with 4 Wax Cakes per Box

Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Everlasting	Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Escape	DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint, 2-Ounce, Purple	Walnut Hollow Rustic Pine Skull, 7.5″ by 11″
3M Wetordry Sandpaper, 9-Inch by 11-Inch, Assorted Grit, 5-Sheet	Urm Stores 24785-8 16oz. Household Wax with 4 Wax Cakes per Box

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Wax is key to making this skull look like weathered wood. This look is really easy to get and doesn't take alot of sanding or elbow grease. I learned this technique of wax resist from Mark Montano when I attended PaintaPalooza at the Charity Wings Art Center.

Gilded Pumpkin Sign

You don't need fancy tools to get a sophisticated look on your Halloween decor. This pumpkin can even work all throughout the fall season as beautiful porch or wall decor! I used Clearsnap's ColorBox Embossing Powder and ColorBox Crafter's Ink to create this stenciled image on the pumpkin as well as gild the edges.

Gilded pumpkin supplies:

• Walnut Hollow Rustic Short Pumpkin, 14″ by 14″ Walnut Hollow
• Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Everlasting DecoArt
• Royal Brush Manufacturing Royal and Langnickel Zip N' Close 12-Piece Brush Set in Vinyl Pouch
• Heat Gun
• ColorBox® Crafter's Full Size Inkpad, Bark CLEARSNAP
• Clearsnap Colorbox Embossing Powders, Gold Sparkle CLEARSNAP
• DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint, 2-Ounce, Cadmium Orange DecoArt
• 3M Wetordry Sandpaper, 9-Inch by 11-Inch, Assorted Grit, 5-Sheet
• Aleene's Spray Acrylic Sealer Matte Finish 6oz Aleene's
• Stencil1 Damask Stencil, 11 x 11″ Stencil 1

Walnut Hollow Rustic Short Pumpkin, 14″ by 14″	Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Everlasting	Royal Brush Manufacturing Royal and Langnickel Zip N' Close 12-Piece Brush Set in Vinyl Pouch	1 X ECG HG-300D Mini Heat Gun
ColorBox® Crafter's Full Size Inkpad, Bark CLEARSNAP	Aleene's Spray Acrylic Sealer Matte Finish 6oz Aleene's	Clearsnap Colorbox Embossing Powders, Gold Sparkle CLEARSNAP	DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint, 2-Ounce, Cadmium Orange DecoArt
3M Wetordry Sandpaper, 9-Inch by 11-Inch, Assorted Grit, 5-Sheet	Stencil1 Damask Stencil, 11 x 11″ Stencil 1

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Halloween Bat two toned wood sign

This sign uses a simple wax resist technique just along the edges to make the sign look worn on the sides and to allow the bright purple to show through the black top coat.

Supplies to make the Bat Sign:

• Walnut Hollow Rough Hewn Pine Bat Sign, 11″ by 14″ Walnut Hollow
• DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint, 2-Ounce, Purple DecoArt
• Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Relic DecoArt
• 3M Wetordry Sandpaper, 9-Inch by 11-Inch, Assorted Grit, 5-Sheet
• Deco Art Americana Decor Flat Brush, 4-Inch DecoArt
• 16oz. Household Wax with 4 Wax Cakes per Box

Walnut Hollow Rough Hewn Pine Bat Sign, 11″ by 14″	DecoArt Americana Acrylic Paint, 2-Ounce, Purple	Deco Art Americana Chalky Finish Paint, 8-Ounce, Relic DecoArt	3M Wetordry Sandpaper, 9-Inch by 11-Inch, Assorted Grit, 5-Sheet
Urm Stores 24785-8 16oz. Household Wax with 4 Wax Cakes per Box	Deco Art Americana Decor Flat Brush, 4-Inch DecoArt

I created these projects for my house at Halloween but you can use these shapes all year long. Here are some ideas:

• BAT – Make a Batman sign!
• SKULL – use it for Dia De Los Muertos or just as a cool sign
• Pumpkin – Paint it to look like an apple or other fruits. Check out this post from one of the Walnut Hollow Influencers: Fall Porch Decor

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out all of our 30 Days of Halloween videos and posts over on our YouTube channel.

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