No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas That Aren’t Just For Halloween!

This year I am trying to prepare a bit more in advance for decoration, so we get the full experience of fall, then Halloween, followed by Thanksgiving, and Christmas. To me, that meant finding a few key pieces that can be left out for more than one holiday. For example…my country themed, no-carve pumpkins!! Pumpkins are totally relevant to Thanksgiving and of course they are a staple for Halloween as well so *BOOM*! I found my porch centerpiece that I can leave out for two whole months. That’s totally my style!

No-carve pumpkin decorating is definitely a cool thing because the pumpkins don’t rot and fall apart within a week, like they do when you cut them open. Even dipping them in bleach concoctions and whatever else you may find on Pinterest won’t save them long enough to last the entire holiday. Plus, with little ones, carving anything sounds fun but completely ends up being a project for Mom or Dad. I wasn’t doing all that this year. These are both my Halloween AND Thanksgiving decorations, wham bam thank you ma’am!

Supplies:

• Pumpkins
• Paint
• Paintbrushes
• Foam Board or Thick Paper
• Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
• Pencil
• Scrap Paper

Directions for the Fox:

• Use a piece of scrap paper and trace out the shape (lightly with pencil) that you want painted around the eyes. This way you can flip the paper over and make the other side identical without too much hassle.

• Paint that section white.
• Apply second coats as needed.

• Outline the white around the top edges with dark red.
• Color in the nose brown
• Add brown eyes.
• Use a drop of black for pupils.
• Make a simple mouth.

• Cut out ears using foam board. I rounded the bottoms so the foam would sit flush on my round pumpkin.
• Outline the tops of the ears with dark red.
• Hot glue to the top of your pumpkin!

These are just so cute together! Now, it is time to create our owl pumpkin!

Directions for the Owl:

• Sketch out the basic shape of your eyes like the photo below in pencil (it will be very light to see).

• Sketch in the pupils and nose and belly.

• Begin painting, starting with the blue outline
• Fill the inside with white.
• Apply second coats as needed.

• Color in the nose yellow.
• Color the belly brown.

• Fill the pupils in with black.
• Add a little drop of white in the eye.
• Add little white “V” shapes to the belly for feathers.

That’s all there is to it!! Find the perfect spot to show your beauties off! Let your imagination soar and have some fun with these no carve pumpkins!

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