Pumpkin decorating time is upon us. There are lots of fun, safe, creative ways to make your pumpkin<\/a> into a masterpiece that do not involve carving. Let’s face it, knives and little kids aren’t usually a good match.<\/p>\n A lot of kids, including mine, get grossed out by the goo inside the pumpkin. I don’t know a parent who has ever said, “Scraping that stringy, gooey stuff out was so much fun!” A few kids, including my brother, have been known to gag. In addition, you end up with a pumpkin that isn’t so carvable. One we picked up from the pumpkin patch has a serious soft spot on it that is a nasty mess waiting to happen. No-carve pumpkin decorating options to the rescue.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n These no-carve, no-mess ways to decorate pumpkins are the way to go with kids. And because this is for kids, I had my daughter and her friend decorate the pumpkins. They may not be Pinterest-perfect Jack-o-lanterns, but they’re real.<\/p>\n Seems basic, but this is especially good for really little ones. It can be more fun if you paint the pumpkins first, but just using black felt with adhesive on the back (available at craft stores) is easy, safe and well-suited to short attention spans. It’s also completely mess free. The kids cut these shapes out on their own and just stuck them on.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Walking through the craft store looking for the felt, I saw a 2 pack of headbands and thought they might fit on pumpkins. For $1.99 and a whopping 20 seconds, I had 2 decorated pumpkins.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n\n
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