50 Easy Pumpkin Painting Ideas — No Carving Required

Bubble Painted Pumpkin

Bright colors and texture variations give a bubble-painted gourd a marbled effect. We used a white-painted paper-mache pumpkin so the delicate paint bubbles would stick.

1. In paper bowls, stir together paint solutions of 4 tablespoons paint, 4 tablespoons water, and 2 tablespoons dish soap.
2. Use a straw to blow lots of bubbles in the solution and gently dip your pumpkin into the foam, working around the pumpkin and between bowls of various colors. (We recommend sticking to a limited palette like this range of blues.)
3. Dry on waxed paper, then paint the stem or hot-glue on a natural stem.