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Painting Disney pumpkins

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I am not much of a pumpkin carver.  When I was little the idea scared me, as I didn’t want to be near a knife or any sort of sharp object.  So I never really had the experience of carving a pumpkin myself.

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Because of this, I decided to take a different approach when decorating a pumpkin each year – instead of carving, I would paint it!  I also decided to use fake pumpkins so I could keep them and add to my collection by making a new one each year.  And of course as a Disney fan, I knew I had to paint my pumpkins in the style of Disney!

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But I’m not actually the most artistic person out there.  I can copy things decently, but anything with detail wasn’t going to work.  That’s when I came up with the idea of doing silhouettes of scenes from Disney movies.  It’s actually worked really well so far, and this is my fourth year doing it.  I now have a collection of 4 painted Disney pumpkins, which represents my four favorite Disney movies!

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If you’re curious about how I do it, the process is pretty simple.  I do a google search for the movie I want to do + silhouette.  There are usually some good options to choose from.  If there aren’t any I like then I do a regular image search and try to imagine just the outline of one of those images.  Then, I use a pencil to draw the design onto my pumpkin (before I paint it).  That way I can adjust things if I need to.

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Then I just paint the image – since it’s a silhouette I don’t need to do any detail work, I can just color it in black.  I try not to make it too boring though so I attempt to find places to add some hints of color as well!  Here is this year’s work:

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The final thing I do is put the title of the movie on the back of each pumpkin.  I pull up the movie poster and try my best to imitate the font used!  While I do all of this freehand, I’m sure you could pretty easily trace it if that sounds easier to you.

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Do you decorate pumpkins in any way?  And which Disney movie do you think I should tackle next year?

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  1. Tori Gabriel says

    These are awesome. I love The Lion King one the best. I’m surprised you didn’t do Peter Pan. He’s the first thing I think of if you need a shadow.

    I am so glad to find a Disney blog! I’ve not been here before but now I have I’mm off to like your FB so I can sray in touch and read your other posts!

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    • beckyginther@gmail.com says

      Thanks! I will probably do Peter Pan soon – that one is definitely iconic! And I’m glad you found my blog 🙂

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    • beckyginther@gmail.com says

      Thank you so much! A Cinderella one would be really pretty – I’m picturing either a silhouette of them dancing or maybe of the pumpkin coach! Hmm, lots of ideas for that one actually!

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    • beckyginther@gmail.com says

      Thank you so much! The Lion King is the first one I did and it’s definitely one of my favorites 🙂

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  8. Hil says

    love it! Too cute. I am going to get my toddler to paint her pumpkin this year too. It will look like a blob though not like that lol!

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    • beckyginther@gmail.com says

      Thanks! That’s why I chose this style – I’m really not super artistic but I’m patient and good at copying haha, so this worked well for me!

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