Halloween is just a few days away. Â Are you ready? Â If you like to participate in the spooky festivities, then there’s a lot to get ready: Â costumes, candy, bags or buckets to carry the loot, and jack-o-lanterns!
I don’t know if it’s the same for you, but carving the jack-o-lanterns isn’t exactly my favorite part of this holiday. Â While I love the effect of a glowing, scary-faced pumpkin on my porch on All Hallows Eve, I’m not exactly crazy about the slimy, seedy mess that goes along with carving pumpkins. Â Plus, a carved pumpkin only lasts for a few days. Â I’ve been saving great ideas for making pretty pumpkins without a single knife or slimy seed! Â Take a look at these 5 Ways to Decorate a Pumpkin that will take you beyond Halloween and into the rest of the fall season.
 2.  Painted
Here’s a fun idea from Whatever that will get kids involved in decorating. Â Use a rainbow of bright colors to paint pumpkins with vibrant shapes and patterns.
3. Â Dotted
This has to be one of the best uses for puffy t-shirt paint I’ve ever encountered. Â A Beautiful Mess used puff paint to add colorful dots to their pumpkins. Â I like the way this adds texture to the design, too.
4. Â Patterned
Lovesome taped off a chevron pattern before painting this pumpkin. Â The contrast of which and orange is really eye-catching, and the triangular chevron pattern is a fun nod to the classic “triangle eyes” of jack-o-lanterns. Â (Check out the other great ideas for pumpkins on this site, too–including glitter and chalkboard pumpkins!)
5. Â Crayoned
If you’ve been loving the examples of melted crayon art making their way around Pinterest boards, lately, then you are going to die over these pumpkins! Â Who knew that you could melt crayons onto pumpkins for wildly colorful fall decor? Â Read more about it at The Swede Records.
 So, what’s your favorite way to display pumpkins: carved, decorated, or plain?
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