If you’re planning on making a no-carve Halloween pumpkin this year, you’ll love these unique pumpkin carving ideas – from roaring dinosaur pumpkins to simple emoji pumpkins. Many of the ideas are cute and some are creepy!
Browse through these pumpkin decorating ideas and we’re sure you won’t be able to choose just one to implement this year.
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Decorating pumpkins is one of the most fun things about Halloween. While classic carved pumpkins look great, especially when lit with candles, uncarved pumpkins are becoming more and more popular. Why? They’re easy to make and leave a lot of room for creativity.
You can use real pumpkins or craft pumpkins to make them (real pumpkins are great but craft pumpkins you can reuse next year and grow your painted pumpkin collection)
We share a collection of pumpkin painting and no carving ideas to spark your creativity as there are millions of ways you can decorate them.
Tip: how to paint pumpkins – what kind of paint should you use to paint pumpkins?
If you need to paint the entire pumpkin, spray paint or craft paint will do the trick.
Smaller areas are best painted with acrylic craft paint. This will not wash off in the rain if you plan to display your painted pumpkins outside.
Pumpkin Drawing Ideas
Scarecrow Pumpkin
Since fall is scarecrow season, this seems appropriate. You don’t have to paint the entire pumpkin.
Hair can be made of felt or tissue paper (napkin :)), face paint or use felt. Last but not least, find an old straw hat, decorate with a leaf or a sunflower and the pumpkin is ready to display.
T-rex dinosaur pumpkin decoration ideas
This hatching tyrannosaur egg pumpkin is a brilliant idea! If you have an old dinosaur toy lying around and don’t know what to do with it – this is the one to make. Made by Tifanie Leckemby
Homemade Unicorn Pumpkin
Unicorns are all the rage lately and the same goes for decorating pumpkins. There are lots of ways you can decorate them – we painted our pumpkins white, added pink cheeks and closed eyes (with natural eyelashes).
The mane is made from tissue paper and the horn and ears are from an old unicorn Halloween costume hair band. Add floral details to make it all the more magical.
Rainbow Fish Pumpkin Decoration Ideas
From the first time I read The Rainbow Fish to this day, this is still my favorite childhood book. Just like the book, this decorated pumpkin looks magical. The shiny and sparkling scales are mesmerizing. Done by Molly Reed.
Witch Pumpkin Decorating Ideas
Make a fun evil witch! To make this witch, we painted a pumpkin green and let it dry completely. Hair was made from tissue paper (napkins), felt is also great. If you are going to display the pumpkin inside, you can make a hat out of paper, otherwise we recommend buying a hat from the store (or a fabric hat). We used a green pom pom for the nose, which, if you ask us, makes a difference with this pumpkin painting idea.
Cactus pumpkin
This is a simple and fun game that requires you to quickly go to a dollar store, buy a cheap basket if you don’t have one, green paint, fake flowers (we used a wreath/necklace), and white pom poms.
Paint the pumpkin with green acrylic paint. Let the paint dry. Glue white pom poms on for spikes. Attach flowers to the top and place your cactus pumpkin in the basket.
Bat pumpkin
Paint the pumpkin bat and add details. If this bat will be displayed inside, you can make paper wings and ears. For an outside display, black craft foam is best.
Pastel Stripes
If you want something simple but stunning, make pastel painted pumpkins. You will need two (or three) colors for each pumpkin.
Choose a darker shade and a pastel shade of the same color family. Follow the stripes on the pumpkin as a guide or paint the stripes yourself.
Pumpkin Pikachu
If you have a Pokemon lover at home, why not make some this Halloween? You won’t be able to catch them all (or will you?) but it’s definitely fun to make a few. For Pikachu, paint the pumpkin with yellow acrylic paint or yellow spray paint. For indoor pumpkins, you can use construction paper to add details (and a hot glue gun to attach them).
Black and white painted pumpkin no carving required
If you want to add a little elegance to your porch or house this Halloween, you can paint it black and white.
You will need a good quality white paint for this pumpkin (it should not be transparent and not watered down) so that it looks good when painted over with the white paint. If your white paint is not the best, you will need to apply more than one coat (you can also change the paint, have a white base and add black details). If you are keeping the pumpkin indoors, you can also paint it with black paint and use a white chalk marker.
Lion decoration ideas
The lion is another easy idea, you can choose a natural color or paint the pumpkin yellow. The mane is made of tissue paper or felt and the ears are also made of felt.
Friendly Pumpkin Clown Drawing Ideas
Clowns are strange characters – you can make a clown that’s super cute or something that’s a nightmare. And it’s pretty easy to make it the stuff of nightmares. We think closed eyes with lashes are the safest bet when it comes to making your clown cute and friendly.
Emoji Pumpkin Decoration
Everyone loves emojis! Why not turn your favorite emoji into a pumpkin this Halloween? We chose the heart eyes emoji, but any of them would look super cute. It only requires paint, so this is one of the best pumpkin painting ideas.
Fox Pumpkin Decoration Ideas
One of the cutest no-carve pumpkin decorating ideas if you’re like us! Make a face, ears, and tail out of felt to make it a little fuzzy. A great non-scary project for kids to do.
Pumpkin Donut
Paint the entire pumpkin pink or more detailed and just the top half pink for a real donut look. Paint the sprinkles different colors.
Chicken ideas
If you’re going to be a fox, why not be a chicken too?
Mummy
Have old bandages and looking for a clever way to recycle them? Make a mummy! Perfect for Halloween.
Polka dot
Polka dots are another easy idea for creating an eye-catching pumpkin without carving. You can leave the pumpkin as is (naturally) or you can paint it with a coat (or multiple coats). Paint the dots in any color you like (the best tool to use is a round sponge brush, which you can find in the kids’ craft sections of craft stores).
Frankenstein’s monster
Another idea for a Halloween monster. Paint the pumpkin green and let it dry. Once dry, continue painting the hair, eyes, and other details of the Frankenstein monster black.
Ninja Turtles
Paint the pumpkin green. Paint the eyes white. Cut a strip of orange, purple, red, or blue fabric and cut holes for the eyes. Glue the fabric to the pumpkin. Paint the eyes black.
Fairy tale house
Have fun creating beautiful pumpkin designs!
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