This Halloween, turn a plain pumpkin into a spellbinding witch, glow-in-the-dark cat, googly-eyed zombie, hooting owl, or a traditional toothy-grinned jack-o-lantern. Learn techniques like etching, painting, decoupaging, or our own easy-to-follow carve-by-the-number approach.
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The Best Paints to Use When Decorating Pumpkins
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How to Carve a Pumpkin Just Like Our Editors, a Step-by-Step Guide
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The 28 Best Painted Pumpkin Ideas From Our Editors
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27 of Our Best Pumpkin Carving and Design Ideas
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How Long Do Carved Pumpkins Last? Plus, How to Make Them Last Longer
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Five Tips for Picking a Pumpkin That Will Last Through October
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Picks of the Patch: Check Out Some of the Unique Pumpkin Varieties Grown at Washington's Gordon Skagit Farms
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Pumpkin Tulipière
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How to Host a Pumpkin-Carving Competition or Party This Halloween
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Fabric Pumpkins
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10 Scary Pumpkin Faces That Are Straight Out of Your Spookiest Nightmare
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How to Carve a Pirate Ship Pumpkin
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The Galaxy Pumpkin Trend That's Out of This World
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24 No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas That Anyone Can Create
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Three Spellbinding Ideas for a Witch Pumpkin
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Haunted House Carved Pumpkins
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Pineapple Jack-o'-Lantern
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Succulent Planter Pumpkins
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Pumpkins with Scary Etched Silhouettes
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Fanged Vampire and Winged Bat Pumpkins
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Seven Legendary Halloween Characters (and the Pumpkins to Match)
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Mice-Infested Pumpkins
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Night Owl Carved Pumpkin
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Etched Fox and Bunny Pumpkins
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Pumpkin Owls
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Haunted Manor Pumpkins
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Colorful Leaf Decoupage Pumpkins
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No-Carve Lace Pumpkins
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Floral Monogram Pumpkin
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Pink Pumpkin with Pearls and Velvet
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Fairy House Pumpkin
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These Heirloom Pumpkin Arrangements Show the Wild Side of Autumn
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Gilded-Leaf Pumpkins
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How to Make a Pumpkin-and-Gourd Centerpiece
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Vile-Varmint Pumpkins
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How to Make Metallic Copper-Leaf Pumpkins
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Appliqué Pumpkins
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Witch Silhouette Pumpkin
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Embroidered-Floral Applique Pumpkin