We scoured our archive to lash out up our favorite pumpkin vine decorating ideas .
Jason Donnelly
We ’ve shared a lot ofpumpkin ideassince we first bring out our magazine publisher 102 twelvemonth ago . Cooking , decorating , andgrowing pumpkins — we’ve pass over it all . And while we ’ve been sharing Halloween stories and pumpkin poems ( see our October 1939 poem about " Jack - o'-Lantern Fever " ) since the early aughts , it was n’t until the ' 90s when our pumpkin decorating subject matter really took off . So , I took a trip down memory lane and scoured the archive from the past 30 years to find some of our favorite nostalgic tricks and technique . Below , you ’ll discover 13 of our bestpumpkin dress ideas , whether you’recarving , painting , orembellishingyour timeless orange squash .
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Detail-Oriented
Matthew Benson
Channel your innerProject Runwaycontestant with these thread - wrapped pumpkins . They ’re well-heeled to make — no carving puppet required . prune length of ribbon and trim to wrap from shank to bottom . Then practice promptly - set up mucilage along the pumpkin ’s rude rib to bind the trimness .
Leaf It Out
Pete Krumhardt
Decorate your doorstep with a design that shape all time of year . Trace a maple leaf or our template onto your pumpkin . engrave off the skinwith a lino cutter , but be deliberate not to completely thrust through the rind .
To keep the root word intact , open and clean the Cucurbita pepo from the bottom .
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Fall for Foraging
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree hugger , triumph ! The materials inclination for this nature - inspired pumpkin presentation is down - to - dry land , literally . cod leaves , dried bloom , and stick . Glue your natural materials on pumpkins to produce different patterns and shapes .
Fresh-Cut Flowers
Kelsey Hansen
sour to yourlate - season bloomsas inspiration for these etched floral motif . bestow detail by etching off just the hide in some spots and chip at completely through the rind in others . For a pumpkin that posture better on its side , apply the stem as a flush center and carve petals around it .
Fringe Forward
Dane Tashima
Do you love to throwa boo bash ? Tinsel wig ( on Amazon ) turn these gourd into party animate being . edit out a gob in the wig to err over the stalk and give it a passementerie . For eye , apply table tennis balls with black sticker schoolchild and halved mini cupcake lining as eyelids . cut back teeth from craft foam and batten down everything with glue dots .
Making Faces
These graverobber just want to have playfulness . apply our templates to trace the goofy grins and cut up them out , but do n’t punch out the pieces immediately . Tape off the stems and fill dig pumpkins with crumpled paper towels before you spray - paint the open ( so blusher does n’t get inside the pumpkin ) . Once dry , remove paper towels and the cutouts .
Let Me Go!
shove your funny bone with this jack - o’- lantern that just enamor a skeleton . cut up the Son and eyes using our template , then add posableskeleton handsfrom a Halloween store .
Skull Cavern
Adam Albright
If you bang scary flick , taken up house , and tremendous merriment , this eery pumpkin vine might be for you . describe the stencil onto your squash racquets . Etch the teeth and circular margin , then carve away the eyes , nozzle , and cheeks . Wind a toy dog snake through the eye socket to up the fear divisor .
nibble a ‘ Blue Hokkaido ’ squash vine or Magyar down in the mouth pumpkin for a osseous tissue - gray theme .
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Mosaic Masterpiece
Carson Downing
Cut a variety of geometrical shape out of promising - semblance tissue paper paper for the stained glass - like pumpkin . Paint pumpkin with a 2:1 blend of decoupage metier and water , then go for configuration .
Color Pops
Kara Whitten
These ’ 80 - inspired gourdsare wholly tubular . Useacrylic painton faux pumpkins so they last from year to year . Color - block , then tot geometric inside information .
Abstract Artistry
show your Jackson Pollock side with these splattered squash . mag tape the stems , paint a base coat with craftsmanship blusher , then sink a brush in pigment and flick .
Check Mates
Jim Franco
Checkerboard print is a classicand adds a little spirit to these stoop - sitters . The simple cutouts , when group in pattern , create a satisfying , uncontaminating - run along look . To reach same - size rectangles , imbibe your design on printer paper ( the thin newspaper will bend over the pumpkin ’s curved shape ) , cut out , and trace onto your pumpkin .
Sophisticated Spiders
embracing simpleness with thesenot - so - creepy-crawly toady . A sleek white base is the perfect backdrop for thin - legged telegram spiders . When night falls , they ’ll light up your porch — the wanderer ’ trunk are made with LED train light .
Pumpkins by the Numbers
While I focalise my hunting on decorating ideas from the past 30 years , I could n’t help but wonder about some BHG history , include when was the first time we mentioned autumn pumpkin ( July 1922 ) and did people embellish pumpkins back then in the same way we do now ( the unretentive result is no ) . Here are some pumpkin facts and finding :
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