No-Carve Pumpkin People
These easy Pumpkin People are such a fun no carve pumpkin decorating idea. Dress them up with felt bows, glasses, hats, and mustaches, and you have adorable Halloween porch decor!
Since I live in a hot place where real pumpkins don't last more than a day after being carved, I stick to No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas. I decided to dress up my pumpkins as PEOPLE, and they turned out so cute!
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No-Carve Pumpkin Decorating Idea
You can make these no-carve pumpkins in 30 minutes or less, and all you need is a glue gun, pumpkins, and accessories.
I wanted these pumpkins to represent our family, so I did two little lady pumpkins and one man pumpkin with a top hat and mustache. After we had my second daughter two years later, I went and got another pumpkin to add to the group!
How to Make No-Carve Pumpkin People
Equipment:
Materials:
- Craft pumpkins - whatever sizes and colors you want
- Black bows
- Hat
- Glasses
- Silk flowers (optional)
Instructions:
This is a very loose tutorial because everyone will probably want to make these their own!
- Hot glue bows on the top of the head or on the bottom if you're doing a bowtie.
- Take the temples off the frames and hot glue the nose piece of the glasses to the front of a pumpkin.
- Take a hat and put hot glue around the inside edges, then carefully place it on top of the pumpkin. Allow to cool.
- Add a silk flower to it with hot glue, if desired.
- Add a little costume mustache if you want your pumpkin to look like Charlie Chaplin.
That's pretty much it for the pumpkin people! Super easy. I love the way these give my porch decor some extra personality. We rounded out the porch decor with a hay bail, silk flowers, and some smaller gourds in green and gold.
I love decorating for Halloween with neutral colors. Case in point: my Mummy Halloween Wreath, Halloween Eyeball Garland, and these adorable Mini Mummies!
Check out our Halloween page for more fun Halloween decorating ideas, recipes, and costumes!
Pro Tips:
- Use gorilla glue hot glue sticks. They are the strongest hot glue sticks I have found and the accessories will stay on your pumpkins a lot better with a strong glue.
- If you live in a hot climate, I suggest doing this with craft pumpkins. Especially since you can re-use them every year. They don't rot and they're budget-friendly.
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No Carve Pumpkin Decorating Idea - Pumpkin People
Video
Equipment
Ingredients
- Craft pumpkins
- Black bows
- Hat
- Glasses
- Silk flowers optional
Instructions
- Hot glue bows on the top of the pumpkin, or on the bottom when you're doing a bowtie.
- Take the temples off the glasses frames and hot glue the nose piece of the glasses to the front of a pumpkin.
- Take a hat and put hot glue around the inside edges, then carefully place it on top of the pumpkin. Allow to cool. Add if desired a silk flower to it with hot glue, if desired.
- Add a little costume mustache.
Notes
This post was originally published in 2015 and has been updated with more detailed information.
So easy and fun!
We've now done this for a few years and it's always a neighborhood favorite! Thank you!
I can not find any white pumpkins taller than 8in. Do you have any ideas of where to get bigger ones?
We got ours at Michaels craft store.
So fun! Great job.
Thanks lady! You're the best!
I love these fun folks! They seem so happy, even though they don't have mouths or eyes. ha!
This is such a fun idea! All the neighbor kids are going to love it and be over checking it out all the time!