Pumpkin decorating is a fun tradition that brings me back to my childhood! Where I grew up, we had a creative neighbor that organized a yearly pumpkin decorating party – complete with a contest and prizes! Every year we would bring a pumpkin to the party and have fun decorating in a unique way. At the end, there were winners and prizes!
Now, you can have your very own pumpkin decorating party! With our fantastically designed printables from our Diva Designer Extraordinaire – Leah Aldous – you can throw a pumpkin decorating party that your friends will want to make a tradition year after year!
Pumpkin Decorating Invitation
Have fun inviting your creative friends and family with these adorable invitations! You can invite your favorite couples for a group date night or make it a family event with other families from the neighborhood!
Just fill in the date time & location and you are set! The invitation even lets your guests know to bring a pumpkin and inspirational ideas for their pumpkin decorating design!
Pumpkin Decorating Party Details
Since decorating the pumpkins is the focus of this party – this is where the majority of your party will happen. Here are some ideas you might want to consider for the pumpkin decorating time:
You may want to set a time limit on the pumpkin decorating so that everyone finishes at the same time. It would be a nice idea to provide several pumpkin carving or painting tools and supplies for your guests to use. {We would recommend this and this for sure!} The invitations invite guests to bring additional materials they might need but you should provide the basics. You could also give them some ideas with these Pumpkin Decorating Ideas OR these Pumpkin Carving Patterns. If you really want to go all out – you could provide food at the party (or ask your guests to bring food pot-luck style). Here are 50 Fun Halloween-Themed Foods you could make or check out this post with over 100 Delicious Pumpkin Recipes. While guests are decorating away, you could use websites like Pandora or Spotify or iTunes radio to play some Halloween hits. For decor ideas (and more!), check our Pinterest board that has hundreds of Halloween ideas.
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Now it is time for a little friendly competition! When all the pumpkins are complete, have a designated area for them to be on display. You can have your guests use our printable tent labels to assign a title to their pumpkin work of art! This will be important later during the voting!
Then, your guests can use our printable voting ballot to select their favorite pumpkin designs in various categories.
When all your guests have voted, our printable tally sheet will help you keep track of the votes and determine the official winners!
Pumpkin Decorating Awards
Finally, our printable award ribbons are the perfect way to reward the winners of the contest! Aren’t these fun? To make your own award ribbons just follow these simple steps:
1. Fold 2 printed paper strips accordion style. 2. Glue the ends of each folded paper strip together to form a circle. *I recommend using a hot glue gun. 3. Press it flat and glue in the center. 4. Glue the specific award title into the center. 5. Finally, add some colorful ribbon to the back of the award.
How fun is this? An evening of fun with a little friendly competition! You can thank our designer Leah Aldous for these fun and festive designs. She is such an amazing designer to work with. I am always amazed to see what she comes up with! To get your free Pumpkin Decorating Party Printables just click the link below:
