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How do you decorate a large pumpkin?

How do you decorate a large pumpkin?

If you are not up for carving the pumpkin into a jack-o’-lantern, consider some of these other ways to decorate it.

  1. Paint. You can use acrylic paints to decorate your pumpkin.
  2. Push-in Decorations. Another way to decorate the pumpkin from the pumpkin patch is to use a kit with push-in decorations.
  3. Stickers.

Can you put faux pumpkins outside?

Press faux pumpkins into service as flower pots for your front porch or patio. Place potted mums straight from the garden center into craft pumpkins without even taking them out of their plastic containers.

What can you do with a pumpkin besides carving?

15 Things to Do With Pumpkins (Besides Carve Them)

  • MAKE A DIORAMA. With some dollhouse materials and LED lights, you can make almost any scene you can think of. (
  • COVER THEM IN FOLIAGE.
  • WRAP THEM UP.
  • TRY SOMETHING SWEET.
  • MAKE A GAME.
  • MELT SOME CRAYONS.
  • MAKE IT CREEPY.
  • ADD SOME COBWEBS.

How do you display a pumpkin?

Arrange gourds of a different color beside your display to play off the bright orange color of the pumpkins. Top it all off with brightly colored fall leaves. For a simple option that requires no carving, paint numbers on the face of each pumpkin before stacking them.

What kind of paint do you use on fake pumpkins?

acrylic paint
You can either use craft pumpkins that are already white or you can use any style of faux pumpkins as long as the surface is smooth. You will need white paint, and a variety of sage green and sea glass blue colored paint. I also used navy paint for a few pumpkins. This is acrylic paint from Hobby Lobby.com.

How do I keep my Decorative pumpkins from blowing away?

If you’re using the realistic faux pumpkins outside, I have a great trick for you to keep the pumpkins from blowing away and in place! Cut a small slit in the bottom of each pumpkin and stick a wood shim into the slit. Then stick the shim and pumpkin into the dirt. It works like a charm!