100 Fabulous Pumpkin Ideas, Part 1

There is just so many ways to use a pumpkin! In this post are the first 50!

bowl of pumpkins

100 fabulous pumpkin decorating ideas! Is that really possible? Of course, it is because I L-O-V-E pumpkins! How about you? Are you smitten with pumpkins! In decor and cooking. The smell of pumpkins is like heaven to me, and don’t get me started on their shapes. This is my pumpkiny time of year! So, here are lots and over 100 ideas to decorate your home with pumpkins!

I have never seen a pumpkin stem I didn’t want to take home. I stack pumpkins, paint pumpkins, and cook IN pumpkins! And we live in the quintessential fall pumpkin land. There are fields and fields of gorgeous pumpkins everywhere!

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Let’s get started! 100 fun ideas to decorate with pumpkins around your home!

  • perch a pumpkin on a candlestick
  • put a pumpkin in a teacup and add some twigs or berries
  • write a message on a pumpkin like Hello, Fall
  • put a pumpkin in an urn and tuck bittersweet or dried hydrangeas between them
  • stack a totem pole of pumpkins
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  • put a little pumpkin in a nest
  • gild a pumpkin- see a tutorial HERE
  • fill a birdbath or large container with water and float pumpkins
  • put small pumpkins going up the stairs
  • hollow out small pumpkins and put votives in them to make pretty candles
succulent topped pumpkin
  • create a succulent-topped pumpkin- see tutorial HERE
  • put mini pumpkins in a big glass container with a lid
  • find a wreath the size of the bottom of your pumpkin, and then put the wreath and pumpkin in a large bowl, basket, or urn
  • line a shelf or mantel with little pumpkins
  • put a pumpkin on each plate when you set a nice table
fall vignette with cinderella pumpkin
  • fill a glass cylinder with tiny pumpkins, nuts, and popcorn
  • make a vignette with one gorgeous pumpkin
  • put pumpkins down the center of a table
  • put pumpkins on top of books, benches, and pedestals
  • add pumpkins to mums and in little spaces of other plants
  • tie a pretty bow on the stem of a pumpkin
  • fill a lantern with pumpkins and grapevines
  • pop off the stem of a faux pumpkin and put a decorative knob in its place
  • paint a pumpkin with chalkboard paint and write on it with chalk
gorgeous orange velvet pumpkin

  • tie a brown cardstock cut-out leaf to the stem of a pumpkin- you can add a name to it and use it as a place card on a tablescape
  • put a group of big pumpkins INSIDE your front door
white baby boo pumpkins with a black and white checked ribbon around the bow
  • paint faux orange pumpkins white- see tutorial  HERE
  • clean out the cavity of a pumpkin and use it as a vase 
  • put platters of food on top of a flat-topped pumpkin and use it as a serving tray on a harvest buffet
  • spray paint faux pumpkins with Looking Glass spray paint by Krylon for a mercury glass look- get it HERE
  • put a large pumpkin in a champagne bucket- tuck seeded eucalyptus between the champagne bucket and pumpkin
dough bowl filled with white pumpkins and pinecones
  • alternate little white paper lanterns with battery-operated lights in them and white pumpkins on a mantel
  • put pumpkins and other fall elements in a dough bowl
  • cut the top quarter off of a pumpkin, clean it out, and use it as a fall punch bowl
  • put small pumpkins in a tall glass cylinder, fill the cylinder with water, and add flowers- so pretty!
  • line a walkway with pumpkins
  • make a polka dot pumpkin with stick-on dots
  • glue a piece of paper with the name of a cheese to one end of a long skewer, and stick the other end into a little pumpkin, and put it on a cheese tray to identify the different kinds of cheeses- adorable!
  • use cute little pumpkins as favors for guests to take home after a dinner party or get togethers
  • paint a faux pumpkin with glitter
  • cover a faux pumpkin with old book page strips- use Mod Podge to fix the paper to the pumpkin
  • a trio of small pumpkins can go almost anywhere
  • pop off the stem of a faux pumpkin and glue a real stem on it- it will look so much better!
  • paint your house number on a pumpkin and put it near your front door or mailbox
  • wrap pumpkins in white twinkle lights
  • cut one-third off the top of a small faux pumpkin and fill it with candy corn- cute candy dish!

PHEW!!!!!! That’s 50 fabulous pumpkin ideas!!!! But that is only half. I’ll share the last half of this pumpkin series tomorrow! 

I hope you are finding lots of fun ways to decorate with pumpkins!

Green pumpkins with seeded euclyptus

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6 Comments

  1. That succulent pumpkin is so fancy/pretty/stunning! Here, in South Alabama, I have to be careful not to put real pumpkins outdoor on the porch too soon because of the heat. Rotted pumpkin smells horrible! The indoor versions you’ve shown (still in AC for us in October) are perfect. thanks!

  2. You amaze me with all these ideas… and part 2 is yet to come! Thank you for all this wonderful info on decorating with pumpkins!

  3. That precious pink pumpkin in a nest stole my heart! Thanks for such beautiful inspiration.

  4. sondra d spencer says:

    Oh!!!!! Can’t wait for part two!!!!!! Thank you so much!

  5. Judith A Nolan says:

    I love everything you do. I love pumpkins, also! You decorate beautifully, Yvonne! I love white everything. Thank you for all you do for us with your wonderful talent that you graciously share.?❤️??

    1. I do love white! It’s so comfortable to live with. I work with color all day so when I close my computer it is so nice to have a soft and natural background!