Halloween is just around the corner, and we’re getting excited! The boys have been asking to pick out pumpkins but we’ve been holding off since it’s still a little early to carve them- and I know they’re going to want to decorate the minute we get home. Luckily FamilyFun Magazine has some amazing ideas for pumpkin decorating that you can do now– and even better, they’re no carve pumpkin decorations!
You can grab the tutorials for 4 fun DIY Halloween Pumpkin Decorations below:
NEO-Neon
WHAT TO DO Empty your pumpkin and paint it with black acrylic; let dry. Draw a guide for your word on paper. Curve 12-gauge armature wire to match it, leaving 3 inches on each end. Bend the ends down and press onto your pumpkin to mark entry and exit points, then drill 1⁄4-inch holes at each. Press the word into the holes. Place a string of EL wire inside. Pull the end almost all the way through one hole, then curve it along the word, securing with fishing line as you go. Push the end back inside. Use superglue to secure.
Real lookers
WHAT TO DO Empty your pumpkin. Paint it with white acrylic; let dry. Use permanent marker to draw an iris, pupil, and veins onto a press-on closet light. Trace the light onto the pumpkin, carve out the hole, and set the light inside it. {Be sure to hold it from the inside as you turn it on.}
Spray Chic
WHAT TO DO Paint the pumpkin white; let dry. Create a design with painter’s tape, pressing firmly at the edges. Spray on two to three coats of glow-in-the-dark spray paint. Remove tape; let dry.
Glo-Saic
WHAT TO DO Adhere strips of glow-in-the-dark duct tape to parchment paper. Draw 1-inch-tall X’s along the length of the tape, spaced 1 inch apart; cut out to get hexagons (about 80 total). Stick them to the pumpkin as shown, starting in the middle.
One of the things about these pumpkin designs is that they allow your kids {or you!} to start decorating those pumpkins, even though it’s still too early to carve them! When Halloween comes, just turn the pumpkin around and use the other side or even carve along the designs you’ve already added! You can find fun ideas like these and so much more in this month’s FamilyFun magazine!
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