Painting pumpkins using a stencil and adding a splash of glitter is another great way to decorate your pumpkin if you’re not in the mood for carving. Because decorated pumpkins last considerably longer than carved pumpkins, about a month or so, you can keep your pumpkin for both Halloween and Thanksgiving. Or you could paint […]
Decorating your pumpkin to look like Jack Skellington, the protagonist of Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, is an awesome idea for those who don’t want to carve their pumpkins this Halloween. I saw these two little pumpkins in the foyer of my apartment building and I thought they were brilliant. Although I didn’t make […]
Gilded pumpkins are a beautiful Halloween alternative to the standard carved Jack o’ Lantern. Antiqued gold leaf transforms the common pumpkin into something extraordinary. Because the insides of decorated pumpkins are not exposed to air like their carved counterparts, gold leaf pumpkins will last a lot longer, usually about a month. This means they can […]
Whether you don’t have time to carve a pumpkin, you don’t like the mess of pumpkin carving or you just want to do something different for Halloween, decorating a pumpkin with glitter is easy and gorgeous. It’s also a great craft idea for both adults and kids. One great advantage of decorating vs carving pumpkins […]
