Hand Painted Scarecrow Door Hanger

Learn to create your own hand painted scarecrow door hanger for the upcoming Fall season using this easy-to-follow tutorial!

Creating something from a template is always easier than going in with a blank slate. Today, I’m going to show you how I made my own Scarecrow Door Hanger using a wood cutout. These cutouts make creating easy and fun by providing all of the pieces you need to make something adorable for your home.

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Supplies you’ll need to make your own Scarecrow Door Hanger:

I began this project by marking where the hat will sit on the scarecrow. This will give me a guide when painting.

Next, I mixed a bit of Terracotta with Fluff to get a very pale peaching tone for the face of the scarecrow.

Then I applied that mixture using a water wipe. Water wipes apply a light coat of paint and to speed up the painting process.

To create the cheek blush, I dabbed a bit of Terracotta into the mixture I used for the face. That mix should create a very light blush color that can be applied in a circular pattern on either side of the mouth.

At this point, I took a toothpick and removed any excess paint from the etched portions of the piece I just painted.

For the nose, I first applied a layer of the color Terracotta.

Then I mixed a bit of Terracotta with the color Rusty Nail. This will be used to highlight the nose.

You can see below how I used the two colors to add some dimension to the nose.

For the hat and brim, I used the color Burlap and applied it with another water wipe.

Next up, was the sunflower. Once again I used a water wipe to apply the paint.

First I added the color Colonel Mustard, making sure to go back over all of the etched spots to remove any excess paint.

Then, I used the color Coffee Bean and a water wipe to fill in the center portion.

For the hat and brim, I watered down the color Chocolate, then applied it using a makeup sponge.

As I dabbed the paint onto the surface, I misted it with water to create a “dirty” look.

I wanted the hat to look like it had rolled around in the dirt a bit.

For the trim on hat and scarf, I used my favorite fall blue color, Antebellum!

The hair pieces are a mix of Fluff with Colonel Mustard to create a raffia/straw look. Feel free to highlight to create texture as you like.

You can see the “texture” I created with highlighting on the hair pieces below.

The color Kudzu was used for the greenery.

And the color Fluff for the word “hello.”

Then for the word “fall”, I used Terracotta and highlighted very lightly with Rusty Nail like I did on the nose.

For the center of the flower piece, I used Chocolate with a bit of Colonel Mustard stippled in.

Let’s add some more texture with a transfer!

I felt like the trim on the hat and scarf needed some texture, so I decided to add a bit using the Four Texture Patterns Transfer from Chalk Couture.

I used the dot pattern transfer with Bright White paste.

Then I decided to darken the “dirt” look on the hat a bit more with some watered down Chocolate. I did this using a large round brush, stippling more of the paint onto the hat and blending as I go.