Skip the pumpkin mess (28 fun no-carve ideas!)

Published 6 months ago • 2 min read

Hey Reader!

Do you carve pumpkins every year? We do -- however there's a couple things I don't like about it --

My husband and I did all the cutting until the kids were 8 or 9...
It's a huge mess.
My kids are asking to do it from the 1st of October...
... and they only last a few days after they're carved.

But the look on the kids' faces makes it worth it year after year. So we still do it. But I want to offer my kids a way to decorate pumpkins themselves each year -- and this way they last longer.

Over the years, we've shared quite a few no-carve ways to decorate pumpkins --

Mummy Pumpkins (my personal favorite)
Monster Pumpkins (so easy!)
Pumpkin Seed Pumpkins
and even a Mr. Pumpkin Man (this does require a parent to drill holes though)

Here's a collection of 28 creative ways to decorate pumpkins without carving to help us out!

NO CARVE Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

If you have older kids -- at what age do you allow them to use the knife to carve???

~ Jamie
Hands On As We Grow®
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