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Five Ways to Decorate Craft Store Pumpkins

October 17, 2019 By Karen Cooper 4 Comments

I have a confession to make. I’m not a fan of Halloween decorations. (WHAT?!?)

Well, not scary ones anyway. I like decorating for fall instead. So, I decided instead to take some craft pumpkins I got at Michaels (but you can get them at any craft store) and decorate them all fancy-like and not scary at all.

How to dress up craft store pumpkins for Halloween / thediybungalow.com

Here are five ways to decorate craft store pumpkins for Halloween!

(1) Stick It to the Pumpkin.

Decorate craft store pumpkins for Halloween / thediybungalow.com

On the small white pumpkin, I used decals from Leen the Graphics Queen in gold to make a festive pumpkin. I glued a burlap leaf to the stem with hot glue.

I used the same decals on the small orange pumpkin in my living room dough bowl:

Pumpkins in dough bowl / Fall Home Tour / thediybungalow.com

Click on the pumpkins to go to my fall home tour!

(2) Tie One On.

Decorate a pumpkin with ribbon! You can either glue the ribbon to the pumpkin with hot glue (what I did to the white pumpkin with the green and orange ribbon, above) or just tie it around the pumpkin (what I did with the orange pumpkin in the top picture with the burlap ribbon and black and white twine). Super easy but big color and impact.

(3) Paint the Pumpkin.

Finished painted pumpkins on porch / how to dress up craft store pumpkins for Halloween / thediybungalow.com

Click on the pumpkins for how to make easy painted pumpkins!

Using painters’ tape, I taped off a design on these pumpkins and painted them. The tutorial for creating these easy painted pumpkins is here.

(4) Duct Tape!

Add it to the list of what you can do with duct tape!

Duct tape to decorate craft store pumpkin for Halloween / thediybungalow.com

I found this cute monster Duck Tape at Michaels or you can buy it here using my affiliate link. I just cut pieces and wrapped them around the sides of the pumpkin. I covered the seams of the plastic pumpkin with the tape – cute and functional!

(5) Add Leaves.

Decoupage faux autumn-colored leaves on a craft store pumpkin, like Jess at Mom4Real did;

decoupage leaves on pumpkin from Mom4Real / how to dress up craft store pumpkin for Halloween / thediybungalow.com

Too cute!

Five ways to decorate craft store pumpkins for Halloween - thediybungalow.com

Have you started decorating for fall? Do you like scary decorations for Halloween or more fall-like ones?

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Filed Under: DIY, Friday Five, Holidays & Seasonal Tagged With: fall, Halloween 4 Comments

About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. Karen says

    October 9, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    All the pumpkin decorating ideas are so easy to do and look great, but the duck tape one takes the cake! Is there no end to what can be done with duck tape?!? Well done!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      October 13, 2015 at 8:14 pm

      My daughter told me that was her favorite, too! Thank you!

      Reply
  2. Sharon says

    October 10, 2015 at 8:30 pm

    We definitely stick with all Autumn vs. Halloween and those pumpkins are wonderful! I buy them for cents on the dollar each year “after” season, and we dig them out the next season and have at them! One year, we made so many of them, we thought, we must now part with a good portion of these. First, thinking I would take them to Salvation Army, we ended up putting them in our neighborhood yard sale. I placed them all under a tree way back in the yard because (1) I thought no one would buy pumpkins in July, and (2) I really liked them and wanted to convince my husband we have to keep them a little while longer:)
    One person….ONE bought every single one of them and didn’t even haggle! It was a bitter-sweet moment. Yes, I had to part with the pumpkins, but I got to get all new ones and start over! lol!
    Have fun! These are just gorgeous! I love the gold-spotted one the best!!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      October 13, 2015 at 8:13 pm

      No way! That’s a great story! Thank you!!

      Reply

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