This post is all about no carve pumpkin ideas.
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Spooky season is upon us and what better way to indulge in the season than these no carve pumpkin ideas!?
This is such a fun way to decorate for Halloween, especially if you have little ones. Keep those tiny fingers safe from any knives and bring their creative side alive with paints, glitters, crayons, and so much more.
Don’t be spooked though (haha, see what I did there🤣), these ideas aren’t just for kids! Have you ever dreamed of that perfectly carved pumpkin but your outcome was nowhere near as perfect as you had imagined? Then no carve are for you too! Haha. Just kidding. But seriously, whether it’s hand painting, using alcohol inks, or adding embellishments in all sorts of unique ways, these creative ideas are a must see!
Creative No Carve Pumpkin Ideas
1. Alcohol Ink and Pretty in Pink
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Who doesn’t love pink!? These beauties are made with white faux pumpkins and alcohol ink. Of course, you can absolutely recreate this with real pumpkins! Just be sure to paint or spray paint the pumpkins white so that the alcohol ink is super vibrant. Check out the full tutorial over at A Beautiful Mess.
2. Make It Personal
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If you have a vinyl cutting machine, this is the craft for you. Recreate this idea with craft pumpkins and adhesive vinyl. This is a great idea to be able to reuse year after year.
3. Floral Decoupage
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Ok, I’m obsessed! How adorable is this no carve pumpkin idea using paint, Mod Podge, and floral paper napkins!? The hardest part is going to be finding floral napkins (or any design) that you love, but the steps are fairly simple!
Step 1: Clean your pumpkin for best paint adhesion.
Step 2: Paint your pumpkin with paint and matching color of choice
Step 3: While paint is drying, cut images out of napkins
Step 4: Once pumpkin is dry, brush Mod Podge on one section at a time.
Step 5: While Mod Podge is still wet, lay napkin images and smooth out.
Step 6: Brush additional Mod Podge over napkin image
Step 7: Repeat until the pumpkin is covered.
Step 8: Let dry and stand back to admire your masterpiece!
4. Melted Crayon No Carve Pumpkin Idea
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The kiddos are going to love this one and you’re going to love how easy it is. Plus, you could get rid of all of those broken crayons! Kids are going to love choosing their own colors and getting to watch them melt down the pumpkin!
5. Marbles Beauties
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Simple, easy, done. And WOW, what an impact. All you need is water and nail polish for this trendy no carve pumpkin idea. Marbling has become so popular in recent years and for good reason. The indigo blue is gorgeous, but get creative. And let the little ones try too! They’re going to love creating different color combos!
6. Gettin’ Fancy with Glitter
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Now we’re getting fancy! This no carve pumpkin idea has my younger self swooning over all this glitter. Who am I kidding, I still love glitter in my 30’s! Gather some paint, glue, and glitter. Then, create until your hearts content. This would make beautiful centerpieces for you fall table or to decorate your mantle!
7. Monster Gourds
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Time to break out the googley eyes, pipe cleaners, craft paper, pompoms, colorful buttons and yarn…I could go on and on. The kids are going to LOVE this one. Get creative, go crazy, HAVE FUN! From fun and funky to crazy and goofy, these monster gourds will be so much fun for the whole family! Elevate it even more with different shape and size gourds!
8. Pompom-tastic!
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Go pompom crazy! Create an image or a pattern with different colors and sizes. How fun would it be to have several pumpkin, each with a different emoji made with pompoms?
9. Pumpkin Decorating Kits!
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RUN, don’t walk…to your nearest Dollar Tree and grab one of these ADORABLE pumpkin decorating kits for your no carve pumpkin ideas! Seriously, it couldn’t get any easier than letting the kiddos paint and add these silly faces to their pumpkin.
10. Make it Glow!
Recreate these glow in the dark pumpkins using this puffy paint. Whether you’re letting the kids create their own silly designs or you’re creating elaborate beautiful designs, you both will be mesmerized by it’s beauty when the sun goes down and these beauties glow!
11. Paint Drip Pumpkins
It may be the colors, but I’m obsessed with this one. Super simple and easy but with such a cooling looking outcome. Choosing your colors is going to be the only difficult step in recreating this no carve pumpkin ideas.
