19 Cute and Easy Pumpkin Painting Ideas

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We love carving pumpkins! Every year, my husband tries to find or think up the most unique pumpkin carving idea and make it come to life. He’s even carved a squash!

However, now that we’re stationed in Hawaii, the pumpkins we carved only lasted 3 days because of the heat and humidity. (We’re from Florida, and they usually last about a week there!)

So, I’ve been on the hunt for pumpkin painting ideas instead! I found some no-carve pumpkin painting ideas, but some of them look pretty difficult.

Here are the best ones I found on Pinterest:

Spa Day

How cute is this spa day pumpkin? It would be easy enough to paint, and I love that they used pumpkin seeds on the ‘cucumber slices’!

Stranger Things

This Stranger Things pumpkin would be fairly easy to paint, as long as you know your alphabet! And might as well get out the Christmas lights, since it’s right around the corner anyway.

Candy Corn

This candy corn pumpkin painting idea is easy and cute for the whole month of October!

Sports

Pumpkin Painting Ideas: baseball, football, or basketball — *(www.pinterest.com)*

If your kids are into sports, have them turn their pumpkin into their favorite ball!

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Emojis

Emojis are such a cute pumpkin painting idea! Plus, it works so well for little pumpkins, and you have lots of options to choose from.

Harry Potter

This Harry Potter pumpkin would be a little more challenging, but still fairly easy to pull off.

Pac-Man

Pac-Man pumpkins are such a great idea!

Donuts

Turning little pumpkins into donuts this year is a terrific pumpkin painting idea! You could even add real sprinkles to the top.

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Fruit

Painting your pumpkins to look like your favorite fruit is another easy pumpkin painting idea!

Thumbprint Painting

I love the idea of these thumbprint pumpkin paintings. The idea is to use your finger to place a bunch of dots on the pumpkin, then turn the dots into something spooky.