The amount of love and enthusiasm for my DIY tobacco leaf china inspired pumpkin was amazing! I’m thrilled I’m turning more and more people into bonafide chinoiserie lovers one post at a time. I promised you all fall tutorials all month long, and today I have another chinoiserie inspired pumpkin but this time we’re switching from vinyl to acrylic paint. I love acrylic paint because it is easy to work with, super cheap and available in any color you can imagine.

I’m using a medium sized white craft pumpkin which is about $5 here, but truly this tutorial will work on any size pumpkin. I highly recommend your pumpkin have a matte surface- acrylic paint won’t adhere very well high gloss surfaces.
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