Creative Halloween Pumpkins

Halloween is right around the corner, Ellie gals!  Which means…it’s time to decorate those pumpkins!  Pumpkin carving is one of those quintessential family fun activities – except it doesn’t always turn out being so fun.  First of all, it’s time consuming (gutting, designing, carving), and then your little ones always find a way to nearly cut a finger off.  What’s a girl to do?  Try out one of these carving alternatives – they are perfect for everyone in your family!

Frozen Inspired

If you have a daughter, you know all about some Frozen.  If you’ve got a princess on your hands this Halloween, then this creative pumpkin design was made for her!  Instead of trying to carve Elsa’s or Olaf’s face, help your daughter paint and bedazzle her pumpkin Frozen-style.  And add a tiara on top, of course!

image courtesy of A Pumpkin And A Princess

Festive Messages

Don’t have paint on hand?  No problem!  Gather whatever materials you do have (buttons, jewels, pieces of fabric or felt, etc.) and glue it on your pumpkin to create festive messages to your trick-or-treaters!

image courtesy of homedit

Make It A Mummy

Got some serious arts and crafters on your hands?  Gather up your crafting materials and work with your kids to transform your pumpkins into something totally new!  We love this super cute and festive mummy-fied pumpkin idea from Home DIT.

image courtesy of homedit

Give Them A Theme

There’s nothing cuter than a family who coordinates their pumpkin decorations!  So, if you have older kids who can come to an agreement on a single idea (good luck), then get together and come up with a family theme for your pumpkins!  We can’t get enough of these Minions and Super Hero themed collections from Occasionally Crafty and Delicious by Dre.

image courtesy of Occasionally Crafty

image courtesy of Delicious by Dre

Give Him A Power Tool

We can’t forget about the dads!  Let him unleash his inner testosterone by handing him a drill and letting him go!  You can use this method to create both manly and girly designs.  Plus, you can let little ones “help” Dad hold the drill while he’s making his designs – family fun and teaching safety all in one!

image courtesy of Quilts…etc.

There you have it ladies!  We love these creative pumpkin decorating ideas that are great alternatives to carving!  Go out there and face that big, beautiful world, Ellie gals!  Have some Halloween fun with your family.