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It’s no surprise that this time of year is all about DIY projects that involve pumpkins. While pumpkin carving is always a favorite activity during the fall season, it can be really messy. Younger kids in particular initially like the idea of creating their own pumpkins but aren’t always a fan when they get pumpkin goo on their hands. Let’s be honest, this is sometimes the case for adults too. Keep hands clean and let your imagination run wild with no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas!
Simple No-Carve Pumpkin Decorating Ideas
Great Day St. Louis is all decked out for spooky season and I headed in studio to do a segment on was to decorate pumpkins without carving. For this craft, I decided to kept it simple so that it’s something anyone can do. I prepped ahead of time by creating some pumpkins at home, to show on-air live television as already being done, but I also took in some blank canvas pumpkins to demonstrate on the show.
See the complete show segment HERE.
It’s always fun to hang out with KMOV News 4 Laura Hettiger!
Laura and I started out talking about how no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas are great because when it comes to pumpkin carving, it’s not just about the mess. Carving a jack-o-lantern face can also be dangerous. Kids and knives just do not mix well together. I for one get a little nervous using a carving knife. One slip and the night of pumpkin carving fun turns into a visit to the emergency room for stitches.
The pumpkin decorating ideas that I shared on Great Day St. Louis are simple enough for anyone to be able to do. Most of the options are a great activity for younger children and require limited adult supervision. Also perfect for a school Halloween party! The following pumpkin decorating ideas are also for the most part no sharp objects and so much fun to create together as a family.
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How to Decorate Pumpkins Without Carving
Try out a mess-free way to decorate a pumpkin with these no carve ideas!
There are so many fun way to decorate pumpkins without carving.
What you’ll need to achieve all the no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas:
Pumpkins – You can use any type of real pumpkins (faux pumpkin or plastic pumpkins, if you prefer) like mini pumpkins, white pumpkins, o Even gourds will work for these creative ways of decorating!
Plastic Spiders
Faux gem stones
Artificial leaves
Ribbon – You could even use rope or twine to create twine pumpkins instead of ribbon. Or alternate using both!
Sewing stick pins
Black paint
White spray paint
Paint brush
Decorating Pumpkins Using Glue Dots
What you’ll do: Affix small decorative items to a pumpkin with glue dots. From bright color pom poms to artificial leaves to googly eyes to sparkly gems to bats and spiders, using glue dots is a mess free way to decorate a pumpkin. Plus, glue dots are a great way to avoid using a hot glue gun that can burn little hands. Fall décor just got a whole lot easier glue dots!
My most favorite crafting item is glue dots! So simple to use and no mess.
Black and White Modern Look Pumpkin
What you’ll do: Spray the entire pumpkin with the white spray paint.
Once the pumpkin is dry, use a paint push and black paint to add some stripes following the lines of the pumpkin.
The end result is a pumpkin that look both modern and designer!
Sequin Pumpkin
What you’ll do: Place a sequin on the pumpkin and then press a stick pin through the hole of the sequin and into the pumpkin. There’s no rhyme or reason. You can make decorative patterns and use different color sequins to really bling it out.
I love how this no-carve pumpkin decorating ended up turning out!
Ribbon Pumpkin
What you’ll do: Take a piece of ribbon and attach to the top of a pumpkin by pressing a stick pin through the ribbon and into the pumpkin. Bring the ribbon down to the bottom of the pumpkin and press another stick pin in.
It’s so easy to make with all of the above no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas!
Happy Decorating!
Looking for how to carve pumpkin ideas? Get a free printable dinosaur template on the blog HERE.
More than just no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas…
Get more Halloween ideas HERE.
Tara
blog owner at Seeing Dandy Blog
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