{Wooden Jack O'Lantern}

Hey, y'all!  Today I'm sharing a cute wooden jack o'lantern with you that I originally shared over at Through the Eyes of the Mrs.

I bought a wooden jack o'lantern cut-out from Michaels recently because I knew I'd find something to do with it.  (You would think I had learned about buying stuff I don't necessarily need by now, but what's a girl to do when the nearest craft store is forty-five minutes away?)

When I found some snazzy black and white polka dotted napkins from Walmart, I thought the two were destined for each other.

I traced the cut-out on the back of one of the napkins.  Then I cut out the shape from the napkin.

I painted all the cut-out except for the stem with black acrylic paint.

Then I Mod Podged the napkin onto the wooden cut-out.

I painted the stem with metallic gold paint.  Then I painted a coat of gold glitter over it.  I also painted some clear glitter over the white polka dots.  I covered the back of the cut out with book pages, and now I have a fancy wooden jack o'lantern.

I think the polka dots are a bit unexpected on a jack o'lantern.

And the black and white goes really well with the traditional Halloween orange.  I don't really like gory, scary Halloween, so this little guy is right up my alley.  What type of Halloween decor do you prefer?