There are literally hundreds of ways to decorate a pumpkin: You can carve it, etch it, paint it, drill it, or embellish it with trimmings from your notions drawer. I conjured up from Martha Stewart eight ways to decorate a pumpkin into something celebratory of the fall season and sharing them all. Happy Halloween!
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01. Gilded-Leaf Pumpkins
This metallic leaf design is made using an easy-peasy foiling technique. More sleek than spooky, these pumpkins will look at home on your front porch or dining table.
How to create Gilded-Leaf Pumpkins
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02. Chinoiserie Pumpkins
This classic decorative style, in iconic blue and white colors, is beautiful on more than wallpaper and porcelain bowls. To decorate pristine white pumpkins, adhesive laser-cut stencils will help you achieve beautifully fine bird and flora patterns as if you handpainted them yourself.
How to create Chinoiserie Pumpkins
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03. Foreboding Tree Shadow Pumpkins
A shadow looms over the house, and comes to Halloween-time. For a truly ghoulish vibe, go for specimens with a natural greenish tint, including the knobby Hubbard variety.
How to create Foreboding Tree Shadow Pumpkins
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04. Etched Fox and Bunny Pumpkins
Look who’s peeking out from behind the woodland brush! It’s a pair of woodland animals, etched and set aglow on a couple of pumpkins.
How to create Etched Fox and Bunny Pumpkins
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05. Constellation Art Pumpkins
The night sky offers endless inspiration, all year round. This autumn, bedeck a pumpkin with glimmering stars that have been drilled and etched to form constellations.
How to create Constellation Art Pumpkins
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06. Pumpkins with Scary Etched Silhouettes
In this more elegant arrangement of rendered silhouettes stands a severed skull evocative of Edgar Allan Poe and his tales of horror.
How to create Pumpkins with Scary Etched Silhouettes
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07. Spiderweb-Etched Pumpkins
For this creepy-crawly design, a spider’s lair is carved into a pumpkin with a gouge or linoleum cutter so that the orange flesh glows through.
How to create Spiderweb-Etched Pumpkins
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08. Monogram Pumpkin Vase
Carve your initials in an elegant pumpkin cachepot to create a fall display with a uniquely personal touch.
How to Create Monogram Pumpkin Vase
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