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Halloween Crafts: 6 No-Carve Pumpkin Ideas

Posted: 10/09/11 02:34 PM ET | Updated: 10/09/11 02:35 PM ET
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When it comes to creating show-stopping pumpkins for Halloween, you've normally been caught between two options: a. trying your best to master carving and b. a not-so-sophisticated paint job. Option "a" always leads to arguments, hurt feelings and low self-esteem, while option "b" ends up looking like a kid did it. There's nothing wrong with kid crafts, but when people mistake your handiwork for an elementary school child's...cue the sad trombone music.

So I found 6 ideas that don't involve complex carving, yet still make a stylish splash. Some are more time-consuming than others, but all can be adapted to fit your time constraints. Check them out in this slideshow.

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In this no-carve pumpkin idea, the gourd is really secondary to the decoration. Bold and eye-catching, chunky flat-backed acrylic jewels (the kind you loved as a kid) adorn a painted pumpkin. While any color paint would work, this black hue really lets the jewels take center stage. And what to do about the dull-colored pumpkin stump? Make it metallic.

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Cat Winterfox
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07:53 AM on 10/13/2011
frykitty here--thanks for linkin' my blingkin! For the record, that's a fake pumpkin I picked up at Target. It was already black. Just in case you thought I wasn't lazy enough.
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11:34 PM on 10/09/2011
I was never any good at carving jack-o-lanterns. This year I just decided to draw the face on with a marker. Trashy? Probably.
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10:42 PM on 10/09/2011
pumpkins are not "cheap and plentiful" this year due to hurricane Irene
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08:10 PM on 10/09/2011
I used to buy those fake pumpkins at Joanne's or Michaels when they went on sale and then I would prime them and then spray paint and then I would handpaint roses all the way around. Sometimes I would take the stem off and stick fake flowers in the hole and finish off with some hat pins or a ribbon. Sold them on Ebay and they can be used year after year because I always finished them off with a sealer.
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05:26 PM on 10/09/2011
I LOVE 1, 3 and 6! Just might do this myself.
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05:01 PM on 10/09/2011
I just have one question: Why would I NOT want to carve the pumpkin?
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08:05 PM on 10/09/2011
Some of them are interesting, but nothing says Halloween like a proper Jack-O-Lantern. NOTHING.
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