Painted Pumpkins
Posted by Amy | Filed under Crafts, Halloween
I don’t carve pumpkins anymore, I paint! Because I have small children, this is just the easiest and most fun for them now. My daughter LOVED her Minnie Mouse Pumpkin last year. I have a big pumpkin primed and ready to paint on Halloween. I’ll reveal it soon!
These are some wonderful pumpkins the older girls at my daughter’s school painted. Each year they display their art work and I’m always super impressed with their creativity! Some are painted on plastic pumpkins, perfect for saving for next year.
Dr. Suess is so fun! This is a big gourd sitting on a plastic container, the hat is a paper plate.
To learn how to paint a pumpkin visit this site. If you would rather carve one, check out One Pretty Thing’s Pumpkin Carving Round-Up.
Visit A Soft Place to Land for great DIY ideas.
Another photo thrown in just for fun…
Dance Class + Little Girls + Halloween Costumes = Super Cute!
Do you carve or paint pumpkins?
Tags: carved pumpkins, cat, create, Dr. Suess, Halloween, minnie mouse, owl, paint, painted pumpkins, pumpkin, pumpkins, super hero pumpkin
October 29th, 2009 at 11:47 am
We don’t pumpkin since we don’t have kiddos of our own and both dislike pumpkin but I love that Minnie Mouse pumpkin! I’d actually never thought of painting vs carving, it certainly would be a lot less mess!
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October 29th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Oh that turquoise alienesque pumpkins are WILD! I LOVE them! Really sad news, but we haven’t done anything with pumpkins this year….my husband likes to carve them, but I’d rather paint them.
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October 29th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Very cute and creative….I monogram pumpkins!
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October 29th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Those are some cool pumpkins!!! And your dancing kitty is adorable!
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October 29th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
We painted craft pumpkins this year. Your Minnie Mouse was adorable!
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October 30th, 2009 at 2:15 am
so adorable! The owls is my favorite. Happy halloween eve =)
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October 30th, 2009 at 2:19 am
Those are some great pumpkins. We usually do a little carving and a little painting. Visiting from sits!
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October 30th, 2009 at 3:03 am
Hi SITSta
Great photos! I’ve never thought it’s possible to paint pumpkins like this, we’ll definitely try it out.
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October 30th, 2009 at 4:52 am
ooooooh! I never thought about painting instead of carving!
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October 30th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Wow, those are some AWESOME pumpkins! Ours is naked this year, but this makes me wish I had a creative bone in my body so I could paint ours! Stopping by from SITS, happy Friday to you!
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:23 am
I never thought of painting the pumpkins. These are great ideas! I love the owl, he’s so cute!
Visiting from SITS!
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:27 am
Those pumpkins are awesome! I really like the Dr. Seuss and the owl. Very creative!
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:32 am
Ok, so I’m totally in love with Super Pumpkin! I am already flipping the pages of his comic book in my head. So adorable!
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:50 am
your blog is very lovely!
i just adore your crafty ideas and pictures!
stopping by from sist to say hi!
have a sweet halloween eve!
justyna
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:51 am
How original. We paint our pumpkins too but nothing like yours.
Congrats on being featured on SITS.
Happy Halloween.
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:52 am
I love the kitty cat one! Those are adorable!! Stopping by from SITS! Have a great day!
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:55 am
These are awesome. I can’t stand the smell of pumpkin guts.
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:01 am
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:02 am
Came over from SITS to look at your blog. The pumpkins are so cute!
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:05 am
So adorable! (The girl AND the pumpkins!)
I think I like Super Pumpkin and the aliens the best.
Visiting from SITS!
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:16 am
Those beautiful painted pumpkins make my three carved ones feel moldy and sad.
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Love the creativity!!! The little girl is is so tiny!!! She’s precious.
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:28 am
Stopping by from SITS…love the Minnie Mouse pumpkin – so cute!
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:36 am
You might enjoy my most recent post. I talk about those poly pumpkins and Michaels craft store. It’s good for a giggle. Have a great weekend.
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October 30th, 2009 at 6:40 am
I could hang around here all day! I love all the costume pictures below and these pumpkins are amazing!
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:09 am
Those are so neat and very creative
I’m not sure I’m talented enough to do that myself though lol. Have an amazing day 
God Bless
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:27 am
Hi!
Stopping by from SITS to visit! Cute ideas – never thought to paint a pumpkin before.
Have a great weekend.
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:40 am
I wish that I could be more creative with my children. They teach me how to stretch my imagination and here is a Halloween Tale to show for it http://www.isdisnormal.com/2009/10/29/spirits-brain/
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Love the pumpkins! After numerous almost misses with the knife and possible stitches, I think I may paint a pumpkin this year too.
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:41 am
Awesome sight. So glad I found it through SITS today! We actually carved pumpkins this year. I can’t wait to light them up tomorrow night.
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:20 am
Those are amazing pumpkins! Thanks for sharing!
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Super cute painted pumpkins! I haven’t gotten a pumpkin this year. I think I have been too busy trying to get costumes together (and I only have one kid right now!) Came from SITS.
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Very cute pumpkins. I may have to do a couple more for next yr. Since I don’t have a little any longer I painted mine on a carvable pumpkin last yr. All I had to do was sit it on the front porch.
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:40 am
WOW! Thank you! I am ging to bring i our pumpkins and do that with my girls today!! What a fantastic idea!
Happy SITS day!
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October 30th, 2009 at 8:42 am
Those are creative ways of decorating pumpkins, we are old fashioned, we just carve them.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:06 am
What a great idea! We carve pumpkins, but it’s such a mess and always so much clean up. Half the time we don’t even do that good of a job! Maybe next year we’ll just paint. Though I do love the roasted pumpkin seeds part!
That little girl in her costume is precious. I love her total focused expression.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:15 am
Great ideas for painting pumpkins. If I don’t carve them, though, i don’t get to cook up the pumpkin seeds. Coming over from SITS.
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:23 am
Love the painting idea….I HATE carving pumpkins…what a great alternative for next year!
Stopping over from SITs
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October 30th, 2009 at 9:50 am
Those pumpkins are so ridiculously good-looking!
I carve pumpkins but I like to think I’d be equally bad at painting them.
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:26 am
I usually carve them but after seeing all those great painted ones I think I am going have to give it a try!
visiting from SITS!
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:28 am
We definitely carve big pumpkins, but paint little ones
Cute!
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:28 am
We don’t do pumpkins but when and if I ever do, I think I would paint them instead of carve. Yours are adorable! I can’t even pick a favorite.
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I’m so jealous! Your pumpkins are awesome!
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:31 am
Love the painted pumpkins. Those are awesome.
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:40 am
Dropping by from SITStas…wow I like them all what a great idea!
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October 30th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Wow, you are so creative! You made so many too. I’ll bet you had a lot of fun making all of those. You’re really talented.
Congratulations on your SITS day!
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October 30th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Great site! Love the pumpkin painting!!!!
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October 30th, 2009 at 11:52 am
If hubs didn’t do such a killer job carving — I’d totally love to paint them! How cute!
Seriously, the man should be a professional pumpkin carver.
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October 30th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Wow, what a great job. I thought at first you just painted in the eyes and mouth etc like I see here done at the local grocery store but your’s are way cooler.
Stopping by from SITS.
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October 30th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I carve pumpkins! – I just carved one that was a large pumpkin eating a smaller pumpkin… it came out quite good – i was very proud of myself
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October 30th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Those are awesoem!!
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October 30th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
Happy SITS Day! These pumpkins are amazing! I’ve never seen anything like them. Never even heard of pumpkin painting. What a great idea!
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October 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Happy SITS day! Your blog is amazing! I love all of your ideas!
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October 30th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
OMG those are some creative pumpkins!!! We weren’t nearly that creative when we did ours last year. We just used a stencil!
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October 30th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Those pumpkins are adorable! Love the photo at the end too – too cute. Happy SITS day. Have a good weekend!
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October 30th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Those are great (and very satisfying) photos!!!
I love the painted pumpkins! If we had painted instead of carved two weekends ago, we would still have pumpkins (not a moldy mess) to show off at Halloween!
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October 30th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
What cute ideas I love the super hero one. Too cute.
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
We’re definitely painting this year. I’m not a fan of pumpkin guts, and neither is my three-year-old.
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October 30th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
We have done both but did neither this year…oh wel
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October 30th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Those pumpkins are so adorable!! Happy SITS Day and Happy Halloween!!
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October 31st, 2009 at 3:14 am
I love that I can say I knew you when you weren’t featured on SITS! Congrats!!
Love those pumpkins…so creative!
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October 31st, 2009 at 3:15 am
OOPs, forgot to leave my name!!
I love that I can say I knew you when you weren’t featured on SITS! Congrats!!
Love those pumpkins…so creative!
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October 31st, 2009 at 12:25 pm
You’ve just given me a whole new way to approach our pumpkins. FANTASTIC! I absolutely love it!!!!!
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October 31st, 2009 at 8:29 pm
Wow, those look great!!!! I feel like my carving of pumpkins is a little piddly now…haha!
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November 1st, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Painting the pumpkin sure looks a lot easier, less messy and more fun. I don’t know if my pumpkin will turn out like yours, but definitely this is what I’m doing next year.
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November 1st, 2009 at 10:25 pm
Great pumpkins!! I love the Minnie mouse and that Super Pumpkin is so cute, that I got the giggles!
Thanks so much for adding my new button to your blog Amy, that was so sweet of you!
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November 3rd, 2009 at 7:20 am
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November 3rd, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Those pumpkins are so cute. I love the painting idea. So much easier than carving if you ask me!
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