Painting wood pieces

I bought a few wood things to put on the wall from Michaels for my son's room that I want to paint a dark red. What is the best paint to use for that? I tried it once before and it came out horrible - thanks!!

Re: Painting wood pieces

I did letters for my kids' wall and I spray painted them white and then used those small little paints by Apple, or something like that for the red stitching marks like a baseball. The spray paint was the easiest and covered good and smooth.