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.
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!
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!
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.
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:
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.
Do you decorate pumpkins in any way? And which Disney movie do you think I should tackle next year?
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!
Thanks! I will probably do Peter Pan soon – that one is definitely iconic! And I’m glad you found my blog 🙂
Beautiful! The silhouette idea goes great with the pumpkins. A fun collection!
Thanks – I’m really glad I decided to do the silhouettes, I’m pleased with how it turned out!
These are AMAZING! My favorite is the Tangled one but they all look incredible.
Next year: I vote for a Cinderella one. 🙂
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!
oh wow, these are so good! such a brilliant idea!
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Thanks so much!
Wow those are so great! You’re so talented! May favorite I think is the Lion King 🙂
Thank you so much! The Lion King is the first one I did and it’s definitely one of my favorites 🙂
These are so fun! I’m impressed with your skills!
Thanks so much!
Awesome work!
Thank you!
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!
Aww, I bet it will be adorable!
I love these! The Lion King one is prob my favorite 🙂
That’s the first one I did and inspired me 🙂
Those all came out really good! My favorite is the Lion King. Great job!
Thanks, I loved doing that one!
Love the ideas! Beauty & Beast pumpkin is my fav!
Thanks! Beauty and the Beast is my favorite movie so I knew I had to do one for that!
These are so cute! I am not very artistic, but this looks like something I might be able to do!
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!
These are so neat!! I wish I had the patience or the skill to do something like this.
Thanks! I would say it’s definitely patience over skill 😉
Oh my goodness! These are so cute!
Thanks so much!
These are great. I don’t think I can pick a favorite.
Thank you!
Super cute! Its definitley a step up from my simple glitter pumpkins
Glitter pumpkins are awesome – I love anything sparkly!
Those are amazing! I can’t believe you did all the fonts free hand .Awesome job! Tangled is my favorite because I just love that movie too.
Thanks! I love Tangled 🙂
These are so cool, I’m impressed with your talent! Good call on the fake pumpkins so that you can save your work for the future!
Thank you! I’m glad I went with the fake ones so I can bring them out every year.
Loooove this! My favorite is the Frozen one. We painted pumpkins this year too. A lot less messy!
Yeah, I definitely prefer the painting to carving!
Wow! These are incredible! I love the Lion King one most! <3
Thank you! I’m pretty proud of that one 🙂