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If you have sheer-to-waist patterned lace stockings, you are already ahead of the game. We love this pumpkin bird creature because it's super easy to make and is a great way to put autumn leaves to good use. Just cut off the top of a pumpkin and pin a couple of leaves into each side to act as arms. To make a lovely dappled feather effect, you can use a combination of different colored leaves, all pinned to overlay each other. We love the suggestion to host a painting party or decorate them with kids.
Channel your inner Jackson Pollock with these DIY Paint Splatted Pumpkins from Homey Oh My. Not only are they a modern way to decorate your pumpkins, they’re super easy to make and are kid friendly . You can go as creative and funny as you want with the pumpkin face ideas.
Hedgehog painted pumpkin animal
Keep the stack around two or three pumpkins and vary the colors. Once you're happy with your stack, fill the holes with moss. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes all it takes is three letters to let everyone know you’re ready to celebrate the spooky season. But it definitely would hand out some yummy Halloween treats and might even inspire a fun costume to match. This pumpkin combines a traditional jack-o’-lantern face with cat ears and whiskers for a spooky combo.
For a super easy seasonal arrangement, drill holes in a band around the pumpkin and insert fresh berries—like rose hips or cotton easter—and foliage. If you went a little overboard at the pumpkin patch and have a lot of pumpkins to work with, try painting each one a different color to create a chic rainbow effect. An ethereal pumpkin will serve as the perfect centerpiece on your table or as an accent to your front door. Floral appliqués make the piece stand out in simple fashion from others you may have picked up from your local patch. Choose your motifs from a craft store and use straight pins to secure them into place.
Straddle the seasons with pressed summer flowers
Let your imagination run wild and use this ever-essential item to make your pumpkin unforgettable. What designs should you use to make the pumpkin stand out? First things first, brush your pumpkin with vintage décor paint and then coat it with decoupage finish in matte. Add a polka dot design in the glitter of choice or create a waterfall-like appearance with glitter starting at the top of the pumpkin and oozing its way down. Creativity knows no bounds with this custom portrait pumpkin.
Then add some creative flair to your Halloween pumpkins. Pick out the brightest acrylic paint shades you can find to give pumpkins a mid-century makeover. The geometric details look oh-so-stylish, making them something that Betty Draper just might display. For a bit more of a subtle look, paint pumpkins in a variety of neutral shades. Add bats, moons and other spooky staples in a darker hue to stay on theme.
Colorful Leaf Decoupage Pumpkins
Or for polka dots, use a dot stencil to paint in the circles. Or better yet, douse the whole pumpkin with glitter spray paint with ultimate glitz and glam. Your little monsters will love making these little monster pumpkins. To make this frightfullyfun craft for kids, you need mini pumpkins, craft paint, glue, gauze, and markers.
Spray paint both white and paint on black circles and ovals to create a skeleton face and bones. Creating a modern-day mummy will be as easy as ever using your gourd or pumpkin. To begin, start by cutting two 1/2-inch holes with a saw for the pumpkin's eyes. To complete the eyes, draw dots on the map tacks with a marker. Once the bottom of the pumpkin is wrapped, secure the other end of the streamer to the pumpkin with the double-sided tape. If you want décor to give your home an autumn appeal, look no further than these pumpkins.
You want to avoid the mess of gutting a gourd and cleaning up pumpkin guts and soggy pumpkin seeds. Or you don’t want sharp objects in little hands or really sharp objects in bigger hands. And quite possibly you don’t have the sculpting talent to pull it off, but mostly likely you don’t want the mess and you don’t want the cleanup of carving a pumpkin. Plus, they get rotten quickly and then you have the smell of rotting pumpkin on your porch, stoop or even in your house. So put down that craving knife and pick up the glue gun because you have plenty of no-carve pumpkin ideas to inspire you.
Easy designs and a nice message for a Happy Halloween. Lucie is a lifestyle and culture writer covering the latest in holidays, books, movies and television, and e-commerce for RD.com. She graduated with an individualized major in Comparative Literary & Cultural Studies from the University of Connecticut. Get your pumpkins ready for a spooktacular masquerade ball. Simply place these assorted masks around the circumference of any pumpkin and use straight pins to hold them in place.
You can even paint the scenery with stacked pumpkins for a unique look. Carve a crescent moon on the pumpkin and place it atop two other pumpkins with a picture painted on their surface. Love it or hate it, candy corn has become synonymous with Halloween.
Attach your favorite sequins to your pumpkins with glue, and they will catch the light even without a candle. Make a series of pumpkins with different colored sequins or keep a monochromatic look. Then use Mod Podge to adhere dry-pressed leaves and flowers in the pattern you pick, starting at the stem and working your way out.
Carve out a face with the emotions and the ultimate play will be on the top. Add plants that seem like hair growing on the top of these pumpkins. It’s not always about making pumpkin faces for festive decor.
To begin, cover the pumpkin with the black spray paint, if desired (protect the stems with the painters' tape). Let it dry, then use the craft paint to make the faces. With a pencil, draw your design, then gently tap the nails, studs, brads, and pins into the flesh with a hammer.
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