The Halloween Pumpkin Uncarved
Festive Halloween Pumpkins Without Carving
Okay, maybe I'm a little lazy, but I love to find ways to decorate for Halloween without having to carve that pumpkin. I was delighted at the ideas I found from amazingly creative crafters. Each pumpkin decorating technique presented here is just the starting point for making your own original pumpkin creation. You'll find a picture of each pumpkin decorating idea with a link to the instructions. They're all quite simple, and you'll enjoy discovering new ways to make that Jack-o-lantern without the 
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This first one is pretty obvious, but here is the link to the crafter: Martha Moments.
Pumpkins & Gourds are Naturals for Ribbons
Polished Pumpkins & Gourds
We all know that pumpkins and gourds are just naturally beautiful, but look what happens when they are polished! Not only are they even more beautiful and elegant, but there are side benefits, like protecting from mold. Find out exactly what to use to clean and shine these elegant beauties at By Stephanie Lynn.com
Reverse Carving
This one had no instructions, but I just had to include it. It looks like the pumpkin is painted with several coats of thick glossy latex paint. When dry, use a stencil to remove the paint revealing the pumpkin inside. A very spooky, gothic effect.
Gothic Stencils
Pumpkins of the Night
I love this idea. Pumpkins dressed up in patterned panty hose! Super easy and dramatic pumpkin decorating. Also inexpensive if you have some old patterned hose to repurpose. I found this idea at ShelterPop.com
Who Knew a Pumpkin Could Be Sexy
Are you my mummy?
How easy and how fun. No instructions needed, but you can find this and many more pumpkin decorating ideas at Better Homes & Gardens Pumpkin Decorating pages.
Put a sweater on your pumpkin.
Beautiful repurposing idea for wrapping your pumpkin, vases, or just about anything in retired sweaters. See bystephanielynn.com for how-to and many more creative ideas.
The Basic Little Black Pumpkin
I love these black pumpkins. Apparently these were being prepped for another project, but don't you love them just the way they are? An Enchanted Cottage
Photo Display Pumpkins
This is actually the project the black pumpkins above were being prepped for. Same web site: An Enchanted Cottage
Feature Your Favorite Spook
Polka Dot Pumpkin
Just plain fun for anyone young or old in any color scheme. Fave Crafts
Acrylic Craft Paint
Pumpkin Message Board
Chalkboard paint your pumpkin. Change the message, post a menu, or just plain Boo!
At Home
Boo! That's it.
Country Bumpkin Pumpkins
Some of these country pumpkins are sporting gunny sacks. Any fabric will create something unique for your home. For something elegant, try retired lingerie with glitter or sequins and ribbon.
Glitzy Blingy Pumpkins
Glittery pumpkins will really shine at night reflecting off candles or porch lights. Complete tutorial for these is at A Glimpse Inside
Lots of Glitter
Stenciled Pumpkins
So easy and so fun. Stencils can be recruited from everyday household items, or you can purchase some like these. How-to from Homemade Simple
Lacy Punctured Pumpkins
Okay, so these are very close to carving, the thing I was avoiding. But to me they're easier. I love the look of these, especially with the exotic pumpkin varieties in so many nontraditional colors. I couldn't resist including them. Yes, you still have to gut and clean the pumpkin, but using woodworking tools and punching out holes doesn't require the control you need with a sharp knive cutting through thick pumpkin skin. Pumpkins just run when they see me coming with a knife.
These are from, who else but Martha Stewart!
Wood Punching Tools
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Thanks for visiting. Happy Halloween!
lovely pumpkin ideas without carving, i like the mummy pumpkin, voted up
Awesome pumpkins! So creative.
Cool! Carved pumpkins don't last long here in Florida due to the heat and humidity, so I'm always looking for fun ways to decorate them without carving. Thanks for all the great ideas!
Original ideas. Very interesting lens. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for sharing these very clever ideas "Festive Halloween Pumpkins Without Carving"
Love this Lens! the kids will have some great fun this halloween with these ideas, thanks
Beautiful ideas, thanks :-)
Original tips and nice information thanks.
Great lens! I really enjoyed reading about all the ieads you have here. Thanks for the tips.
TonyB
Great examples! Now I'm more fond of these techniques :)
Amazing! I am not a Halloween fan but these are quite incredible!
I love the pumpkin in pantyhose and polka dot pumpkins, but both are in excellent company with such brilliant ideas. Blessings and Happy Halloween!
Congrats on being nominated for Community Favorite Lenses of 2011. A wonderful lens. Fortunately we both share one thing it was easier to vote than for most as mine was my "why-I-am a- vegetarian was nominated as well. A proud moment for all of us. Good luck in the voting.
Nice ideas for non-traditional pumpkin decorating. Congratulations on being one of the final 100 favorite Squidoo lenses of 2011!
Carving pumpkins is so messy and these are so pretty! Congrats on making the top 100!
Love your uncarved pumpkins. Great ideas. Congrats on being in the Top 100 Community Favorites. I will be back here next Halloween.
I'm with you, all the fun, none of the mess. Plus you can still eat them afterward! Some really cute ideas here that I'd not seen before. Thanks!
They are all amazing and fantastic ideas! I'm an Aussie who loves Halloween. It really isn't celebrated here but i am determined to make each year at my place special and freakishly cool. Thanks for the inspiration!
I never knew about uncraving...until my neice entered a charity decorating pumpkin contest....it cost her about $200.00 to decorate and it soldfor $600.00 for charity....Thanksfor the lens...Great job
These are amazing works of art! I love the reverse carved and the lacy pumpkins. Oh, and the "Are you my mummy" one is adorable!
Beautiful uncarved pumpkins. I like the reverse pumpkin the best followed by patterned panty hose pumpkin.
The pumpkins look amazing! I really like the quality of images on all your lenses, they really stand out.
Love all your various pumpkin projects; followed the picture on pumpkin project. I had seen an alternative for printing photos on cloth that might give your fans new ideas www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwICR-vGp0Y
Very creative, thank you!
Very very cool ideas!
beautiful pumpkins. I love the stocking ones!
these are beautiful.... blessing
These are just fantastic! I like so many of them.
Love you country bumpkins. You are great!
Love the pumpkins of the night! What a great idea. Thanks for posting.
Great ideas for those of use who do not enjoy carving the pumpkin! thanks
I just loved this!! Great ideas! Thanks for posting!
Ah, this is such a delightfully crafty idea for that pumpkin! Lovely presentation my dear. BOOyah!
Great ideas.
These decorated pumpkins are so pretty! I love this idea! Blessed by a squidangel!
Adorable ideas! Festive and unique pumpkin decorating without using sharp objects ;-) I can take out my craft supplies and try something new. Thanks for the inspiration.
Wow. I never heard of an uncarved halloween pumpkin. These are beautiful. Blessed. Bear hugs, Frankster
What wonderful ideas, several I hadn't thought of before!
Many creative ideas for pumpkins! Great and fun lens. Thanks.
I love these! Especially the ones I still cook after Halloween and make pumpkin puree to freeze for pumpkin pie. The net stockings are brilliant!
Interesting lens with creative use of Pumpkins...
Beautiful pumpkins. Congratulations on LOTD.
These designs are inspiring!
Congrats and WHAT GREAT ideas.. whether for Halloween or not! :)
Wonderful lens with lot's of great ideas. Congratulations on LOTD
So incredible! The Great Pumpkin Lens is here!!
very great, i love this led so much.
These are beautiful! I love the ribbon and lacy tights. Oo la la!
I've made sparkle-kins - the glitter covered pumpkins! Lots of fun!
Very inventive!
Great ideas!
great lens!
love it! great ideas for halloween pumpkins :-)
I've never seen Halloween pumpkins this cute! :)
These are wonderful ideas! I love Halloween and would like to try some of these decorative pumpkins. Congrats on your well-deserved LotD! :)
I definitely love those uncarved Halloween pumpkin ideas! I'm two lefthanded, therefore, carving pumpkins isn't a task for me... Thanks for sharing and for having created such an attractive Halloween page!
Loving your ideas here, I am adding this to my no carve lens. I really love the glitter pumpkins and the pretty black and white ribbon decorations.
Awesome! These are so cute :) Love the ideas.
Great ideals like the lace fish net stocking ones!
The dremel is such a good idea, don't know why I never thought of that, wonderul lens!!! blessed...:)rwjr
Some really good ideas and beautiful pictures!! I loved the one with latex paint. Congratulations :)
Great ideas! I love pumpkins, but hate the mess of carving them. Will have to try some of these out! :)
Beautiful lens, and I am inspired. Thanks for creating this marvelous lens!
this is great - love the mummy pumpkin! congrats on LOTD!
Fabulous lens! So many beautiful choices. Congrats on your LOTD - well deserved!!
Congrats on LOTD!!!! Great ideas!
WOW! Absolutely amazing and creative!
need to say nice pictures and very good ideas
Excellent lens on decorating pumpkins and gourds without carving. Congratulations on Squidoo Lens of the Day!
Congrats on Lens of the Day! Lots of great ideas here.
You certainly have an immagination when it comes to pumpkins and to think that I always thought that they were for eating. Tom
Congratulations on a well deserved LOTD!
I resisted looking at this lens for quite some time, but I'm pleased I gave in. Great ideas.
Great idea and great photos :)
Thinking outside the orange gourd certain deserves an LOTD. Congrats.
Back again to say congratulations on your well deserved LotD!
Congratulations on LoTD! I really enjoyed reading through this again - you have done a marvelous job gathering together some awesome ideas!
This is wonderful! Love the ideas for decorating pumpkins.
I guess I've been obtuse all of these years. I didn't even think outside-of-the-box and realize you could do so many fantastic things to pumpkins without carving them up. These are really cool looking. The pics are really in-depth. I appreciate this lens a lot. Thanks for putting it together! (i really dug the spider web netting pumpkin)
Happy Halloween, and congrats on LOTD! That introduction photo is very eyecatching. I've been seeing it on the front page for some time. Well deserved!
This really is a great lens.. Well deserved LoTD.
Nice ideas here! Congrats on LOTD!! Blessed by a Squid Angel ;)
This is a really inspiring lens. I am so tempted to attempt some of these ideas myself.
This is a lovely lens with some really novel ideas for decorating pumpkins. Congratulations on your first Lens Of The Day, I am so pleased for you. I left a blessing behind too.
Great ideas for beautiful pumpkins! Congrats on LOTD!
Lazy?! These look like a ton more work than carving them! What a beautifully laid out lens. Congrats on LOTD.
Beautifully designed Halloween lens...congrats on LOTD! :)
Fun ideas! I've been doing glitzy pumpkins for years... After I've used plain pumpkins for Halloween and Thanksgiving, I give 'em a spray of gold paint to ease 'em into cornucopia-like Christmas displays with other glitzy fruits, pine cones etc. 3 holidays, 1 big orange vegetable!
Wow ... these pumpkins are so beautiful. Congratulations on LOTD. Happy Halloween!
This was a fantastic collection to view. It was very inspirational.
Exquisite! This is an amazing collection of creativity. Pantyhose... wow! I'll gladly give up a pair, or two, or three, for my pumpkins. Congrats on LotD! *Blessed*
wow,just wow, awesome! Congrats on LOTD! I am going to make the lacy one for a special Halloween decoration using a dremel. Thank you for making this page!
Fantastic ideas.... great lens.
Congratulations on LOTD! nice work...
Wow, I didn't know there are so many ways to decorate a pumpkin! Thanks for all the great ideas!
Terrific lens with great pics and awesome ideas! Extremely well done!
Some of the pumpkins presented are real works of art. (And, speaking of works or art, those leggy thumbnails are a nice bonus! :))
Very interesting and creative ideas. Nicely done. Congrats on LOTD.
Amazing Lens
These are AWESOME!!!
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