There are many reasons why a person might want to create a camouflage that looks like pine needles. Maybe that person is a hunter. Perhaps a group of guys are doing paint ball. It could be that a person just wants a secret hiding place. You can paint things like a tarp, clothing, cardboard, a trap, and more, to look like a pile of pine needles, to hide whatever you need to. The pine needle camouflage is easy to do and can help you in your endeavors, whatever they are.
You’ll need actual pine needles to do the job. Just go to a pine grove and pick up enough needles to cover the object that you want to paint. Then, decide on the paint colors you want. Pine needles can vary in color, and can be green, brown, tan, or even a rust color. For best results, paint more than one color on the chosen object.
Some surfaces need preparation before painting them. Sand a wooden object, rough up a metal object with sandpaper or steel wool, and otherwise prep the object. After you make sure it’s free of sandpaper dust, primer once. Choose at least two colors of paint in a matte or flat finish to continue.
Paint the object a color that closely matches the main color you see in the needles you’ve gathered, like brown or rust. When that’s dry, lay some needles, randomly, all over the object. Don’t lay them in any particular pattern; make sure needles are turned every which way. This first layer of needles should be few.
Spray the object with the needles on it. Don’t spray in any one direction; spray this way, and that way, so that you create crisscross designs. This second color could be dark green or, depending on the color you’ve already used, this next color could be brown or rust.
Add a few more needles onto the object and spray the next color. Since there are more needles on the pile, there will be less of this color in the final result. Do the crisscross motion to paint this color of needles. For each color you paint, add more needles, and work from the darkest color first, to the lightest color last. When you’re finished, sweep off the needles with a stiff brush.
Your pine needle paint job will be very impressive and, after you lay the object down on the ground, you’ll see – or you won’t see – just how good it is! The effect takes some time to do but turns out great.