Pumpkin Decorating Tips

Instead of carving your pumpkin, a safer alternative is to decorate the pumpkin with paint, buttons, yarn, and scraps of cloth. The pumpkin will also last longer as you do not cut into it:

Paint faces on using a purchased kit and painting guides.
Use your own paint or markers and imagination.
Use yarn, buttons, raffia and cloth to decorate the pumpkin like a scarecrow. Cut triangles for the eyes and nose. Paint the mouth on as a curvy line then and stitch marks. Make a hat out of burlap fabric. Use raffia or yarn as hair.
Go the nature route. Take your kids on a nature walk and use the things you find to create a one-of-a-kind pumpkin. Ex: pine straw for hair, acorn for nose, etc.
Paint a fall picture on the pumpkin with acrylic paint. Set the pumpkin on fall leaves (real or preserved).
Cut off the top of the pumpkin and dig out middle then spray the inside with clear spray paint. Put a glass jar inside and arrange a fall bouquet in the pumpkin.
Do an off season pumpkin - paint three graduated pumpkins white and hot glue them atop one another to make a snowman. Draw a face and buttons on the pumpkins and insert twigs for limbs.

A Few Safety Tips:

Carve pumpkins on stable, flat surfaces with good lighting.
Have children draw a face on the outside of the pumpkin, then parents should do the cutting.
Place lighted pumpkins away from curtains and other flammable objects.
Use a flashlight instead of a candle.
Do not leave lighted pumpkins unattended.

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