Pumpkin painting is a tradition that millions of people celebrate each year along with carving pumpkins. The tradition of carving pumpkins originated from the Irish practice of carving turnips and potatoes during Halloween. When they moved to America, they found that carving pumpkins is a lot more fun and easier. Over the years people have added painting pumpkins to their Halloween traditions. When painting pumpkins people use different materials to make their pumpkins unique and make their look come to life. People use materials like paint, spray paint, googly eyes, stencils, markers, glitter, pipe cleaners, and more! Whether you’re painting pumpkins for a contes, for fun, or for Halloween decor, I hope you find one of the ideas below helpful!

Alien From Toy Story

The Aliens off of toy story are easy and adorable. This is perfect for kids or if you're looking for something cute and easy to make. The alien is recognizable and stands out, it will definitely catch other people's attention! The Aliens off of toy story are easy and adorable. This is perfect for kids or if you're looking for something cute and easy to make. The alien is recognizable and stands out, it will definitely catch other people's attention!

Forky From Toy Story

Forky is so cute. This is perfect for little kids or adults who love toy story. This pumpkin painting idea stands out to me because you use more than just paint. When making this make sure to get paint, googly eyes, and a hot glue gun.  Forky is so cute. This is perfect for little kids or adults who love toy story. This pumpkin painting idea stands out to me because you use more than just paint. When making this make sure to get paint, googly eyes, and a hot glue gun. 

Up

This up pumpkin painting idea is great for competitions and to impress people. This more advanced painting looks really cool and adds texture to your pumpkin. You can't go wrong with this idea!  This up pumpkin painting idea is great for competitions and to impress people. This more advanced painting looks really cool and adds texture to your pumpkin. You can't go wrong with this idea! 

Disgust from Inside Out

Despicable Me Gru and Minions Despicable Me Gru and Minions
Minion and Groo pumpkin painting. This is great for if you have a large pumpkin and smaller ones. Groo is very creative because you can use the stem of the pumpkin to be his nose. The minions are cool too because you can paint the stems to be hair. If you have multiple large pumpkins, you can also make them minions as well. It also makes your minion pumpkins stand out more if you use jar lids to be their eyes. Minion and Groo pumpkin painting. This is great for if you have a large pumpkin and smaller ones. Groo is very creative because you can use the stem of the pumpkin to be his nose. The minions are cool too because you can paint the stems to be hair. If you have multiple large pumpkins, you can also make them minions as well. It also makes your minion pumpkins stand out more if you use jar lids to be their eyes.

Angry Birds

This is cute and fun and doesn't require very much skill. This gives you a little bit of a variety, you can do multiple different ones. If there is a group of you, you all could all do different ones.  This is cute and fun and doesn't require very much skill. This gives you a little bit of a variety, you can do multiple different ones. If there is a group of you, you all could all do different ones.