Fall Craft: Acorn From Terra Cotta Pot

I know it’s not quite September but I have already started getting the fall decorating bug.  This is one of those craft ideas that just kind of came to me out of the blue.  I always have ideas swirling around in my head, all sorts of possible projects.  I only get around to doing a tiny percentage of the things I would LOVE to do.  But, today, as I was cruisin’ around the clearance aisles in Walmart, I noticed that some of the terra cotta pots were brown.  My brain automatically connected the color brown to fall.  Then something just clicked as I was looking at one of these brown terra cotta pots that if I put the saucer on the top of the pot upside down, it looked kinda like an acorn.  So, I decided to bring it home with me to see what I could do with it. 

After I got it home, I saw this old cardboard tape spool and hot glued it to the top to be the stem.  Then I painted the top rim and the saucer tan. 

Then I attempted to free hand a criss cross pattern on the top but failed miserably.  I painted over it and then just painted a zig zag pattern.  Still not very good but better than before.  This would've looked much better with a paint pen or if it were painted by someone with much better skills than me.

  
I'm not totally sure if it really looks like an acorn or if maybe it is just me.  What do you think?  I put it here with my Fall blocks. 

 I think it is cute and I may end up making some more and putting them together in a grouping.  Couldn't you see these on opposite ends of a shelf or mantel?  Maybe even make different sizes...The really cool thing is that you can take the lid off and put something inside.  I thought it would be cute to put some squirrel nut zippers in it and use it as a candy dish. Do they still make those?  

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