As I have absolutely no experience at carving pumpkins, we tried out three kid friendly pumpkin decorating ideas that don’t involve carving!

1. Jeweled Push Pins and Brads I saw an idea on Pinterest where a pumpkin was decorated with thumbtacks. I decided to “bling” this up a bit by using jeweled push pins and brads. I used another small pumpkin to keep the project manageable for my toddler.

The push pins went in easily but he needed a little help with the brads.

It might be fun to draw a design on the pumpkin for older kids to follow with the jewels. And the good news is that I get all the pins and brads back after Halloween for a new project! 🙂




Then I put the glue dots and a medium-sized pumpkin on a cookie sheet so that the glue dots could be applied.


3. Googly Eye Pumpkins
Oops! My googly eye pumpkin tutorial has moved! I’ve updated it and now you can find it here. Sorry for the inconvenience. 🙂
I’m afraid I have no idea how weather-proof these designs are so I’m keeping them indoors for now. Anyway, that way I get to see them a lot more!
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