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    Home » DIY Projects

    DIY Glow in the Dark Pumpkins

    Published: Oct 29, 2014 · Modified: Dec 31, 2023 by Alison · This post may contain affiliate links ·

    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!

    DIY glow in the dark pumpkins
    Painted with glow in the dark paint

    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.

    spray painted pumpkin with glow in the dark spray paint
    Painted with 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.

    glow in the dark pumpkin supplies

    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
    glow in the dark paint and pumpkin

    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.

    pumpkin face on sticker paper
    Freehand pumpkin face on sticker paper
    Cricut pumpkin face design
    Pumpkin face designed with Cricut

    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.

    glow in the dark painted pumpkin with face
    Painted pumpkin with freehand face
    glow in the dark spray painted pumpkin with face

    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!

    glowing pumpkins for Halloween

    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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