These Glow in the Dark Pumpkins are a fun DIY project to make for Halloween. They add a spooky touch to your Halloween decorations and are super easy to make!
If you’re looking for a no carve pumpkin decorating idea, then you’ll love this one. It’s perfect for kids and adults and there is no mess of pumpkin guts. Plus, the glow in the dark effect is so cool!
I first made this Halloween craft back in 2014 but have updated it using glow in the dark paint rather than glow in the dark spray paint.
The effect was about the same but a little more work with painting by hand. It’s still fun, unique, and easy way to change-up the look of your pumpkins for Halloween.
Follow the easy tutorial below on how to make yours.
Supplies Needed
- Pumpkins (any size you’d like)
- Glow in the dark paint or use Glowz – Glow in the Dark Spray Pain by Krylon
- Pumpkin Face (design with a Cricut Machine or cut by hand)
- Sticker paper (if drawing face by hand) or cardstock paper (for the Cricut machine)
- Scissors
- Paint brushes
How to Make a DIY Glow in the Dark Pumpkin
Spread newspaper or cardboard in an area where you can paint. Place a pumpkin on on top and prepare your paints into separate bowls.
To make the pumpkin face you can design one on a Cricut Machine and cardstock or you can free hand on sticker paper (which is what I did).
Place the pumpkin face on the pumpkin by adhering it with the sticker paper or hot gluing it on.
Paint the entire pumpkin with glow in the dark paint and let dry.
Let the pumpkin charge during the day in sunlight and watch it glow at night.
You can even change it up by only spray painting part of the pumpkin with glow-in-the-dark spray paint and play around with different face designs.
Either way it will look pretty awesome on your front porch at night!
Glow in the Dark Paint or Glow in the Dark Spray Paint?
While I like the effect of both options, I feel like the spray paint covered better than painting as there were some streaks from the brush strokes. And the process is definitely much easier with spray paint.
Note: The effect didn’t last long as long with just sunlight but found that charging it with a high beam work light made the effect last longer.
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