Kids PartiesNo. 2026 · The 2026 edition
Pumpkin Decorating Party
Turn your pumpkins into a cast of characters from Olaf to Cookie Monster with these creative decorating ideas.
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This guide shows you how to create a variety of pumpkin characters for a fun decorating party. From stacking pumpkins for Olaf to painting mini pumpkins as M&Ms, each step is simple and festive. Perfect for Halloween or fall gatherings.
You'll need
Directions
- Create Olaf's body by piling three pumpkins on top of each other.
- Apply white paint to all three pumpkins.
- Use twigs for arms and secure them to the sides.
- Cut felt and glue on pompoms to create Olaf's face.
- Wrap a scarf around Olaf's neck.
- Stick googly eyes onto the face.
- For Sven, put together one squash and one pumpkin.
- Add felt details and use eyelash yarn for hair and eyebrows.
- Attach twigs to the top for antlers.
- Paint a pumpkin orange and attach modeling clay fins to make Nemo.
- Paint a pumpkin blue to represent Cookie Monster.
- Carve a mouth opening into the blue pumpkin.
- Fill the mouth cavity with cookies.
- Glue ping pong balls on as eyes.
- Decorate a large pumpkin as the M&Ms mascot and put it in a bunny costume.
- Paint several mini pumpkins to look like regular M&Ms.
- Paint Mario-themed designs by hand onto pumpkins.
- Arrange pumpkins to mimic a witch's cauldron scene.
- Transform a pumpkin into a giant caramel apple.
- Set up mini pumpkins to look like a Dunkin' Donuts box.
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