Painted Pumpkin Ideas To Try This Weekend

Halloween is one week away and if you haven’t carved your pumpkins yet, I have some ideas on painted pumpkins instead. I first saw the painted pumpkin idea on Pinterest and before that I had never heard of or seen painted pumpkins.

To be honest, I’ve only ever carved a pumpkin once or twice in my whole life. I grew up in Greece and Halloween there is not really a thing. Carving pumpkins and Halloween decorations are not a thing either (sadly). So, when I moved to the UK I was super excited to carve my first pumpkin! Turns out, pumpkin carving is not an easy task my friends. 🎃 Not only was carving the Halloween pumpkin hard as hell – I bought a small one mind you- I also had no fucking clue what I should do with the leftover pumpkin. I tried mashing it and baking it into a pumpkin pie, but that turned out a hot mess. The pumpkin puree was not the same as the store bought one. 😭

The idea of painted pumpkins

ANYWAY, the point I’m trying to make is that perhaps there is a better alternative to pumpkin carving. The idea of a painted pumpkin is very appealing to me, because I enjoy arts and crafts in general. Painted pumpkin ideas are, also, great for young children and for people like myself who like to paint and draw.

So, far this year I did not buy a pumpkin. Last year I only bought some baby pumpkins and used them as decor. The two years before that I did not buy or curve one at all, if my memory doesn’t fail me. I used artificial decorations this year to bring the autumn spirit in my flat. That included artificial pumpkins, which in all honesty I kind of prefer. Last year my baby pumpkins ended up rotting and I had to always keep an eye on them to make sure my dog doesn’t eat them. 😑

Check out the painted pumpkin ideas below and let me know in the comments what you think! Would you do this? I will definitely go and get a pumpkin this week and paint it in preparation for Halloween! I decided this year, I will leave it in my garden and hopefully a fox will feast on it. 🦊😅

Personally, I already have acrylic paints and brushes because, as I mentioned, I paint but if you don’t have art supplies I found this awesome painted pumpkin kit on Amazon that you can purchase here.

1. Glitter and Ghouls

2. Painted Pumpkin Display

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3. Leaf Motif Pumpkins

4. Spray Painted Golden Gourds

5. Movie Inspired Painted Pumpkin

6. 80’s Pumpkins

7. Ornate Painted Pumpkin

What do you make of these painted pumpkin ideas? Will you try any of them? Do you have your own ideas? Tell me in the comments! 😊

M. x

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*featured image by Harpers Bazaar