15 FUN THINGS You Can Do With Your PUMPKIN
Look at all the things you can do with a pumpkin. Why just carve a pumpkin when you use them for photo props, play slip and slide with them, make bird feeders with them or use for beautiful table centerpiece. Here are 15 fun things you can do with your pumpkin besides carving it.
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#1 Bird Feeder
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#2 Platter
Turn your pumpkin into a hamburger bun platter!
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#3 Gift
Make gifts out of your pumpkins.They make great gifts for teachers, mothers and grandmothers, co-workers, boss, neighbor....
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#4 Fireplace Decorations
#5 Smashing Pumpkins
How about some good ol' fashion pumpkin smashing. #6 Slip and Slide
Play slip and slide with your pumpkins!
After you do all that smashing...break out the slip and slip and have some more fun! Slip And Slides
#7 Photo Props
Use your pumpkins for photo props. Look at how cute it can be! Small dogs can be used instead of the kids too.
Pumpkin Costumes
#8 Vase
Use your pumpkin as a vase and turn it into a beautiful floral arrangement.
#9 Pumpkin Wagon
Decorate your lawn with a pumpkin wagon! # 10 Candles
Make candles out of your pumpkins!
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#11 Plant And Grow
Start a pumpkin patch!
#12 Paint
Paint your pumpkins and then dress them up with fun things like hats, wigs, ribbon and straw. This would be a great rainy day project for the kids. #13 Let Everyone Know Where To Sit With These Cute Little Pumpkins.
Great idea for weddings, dinner parties, Thanksgiving dinner, and Halloween parties. Everyone gets to go home with a gift too. 
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#14 Bake
Bake pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie or pumpkin soup. Yum! Click on any pumpkin book to purchase from Amazon.
#15 Silly Lawn Decorations
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KidsToyTeaSets May 25, 2012 @ 8:16 am | delete
- Oh my goodness gracious. I've always enjoyed decorating with pumpkins but what wonderfully creative ideas you have here. I'm adding this to pinterest later this week (running out door now)! Thank you!
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daria369
Oct 31, 2011 @ 4:59 pm | delete
- I definitely want one of those pumpkin vases on the table in my dining room. And painted pumpkins look even better than carved ones to me. :)
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rainbowruffles
Oct 24, 2011 @ 1:16 pm | delete
- Very cute lens! I loved the creative ideas you offered here!
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KonaGirl
Oct 4, 2011 @ 5:59 pm | delete
- I had such fun here. There are such great things and links to great things it was a fun pumpkin hayride! i can see how you received LOTD! *Squid Angel Blessed*
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JoyfulReviewer
Sep 29, 2011 @ 5:13 pm | delete
- Hollow out a pumpkin like you'd do if you were going to carve it. But use it as a soup tureen [maybe use some of that pumpkin from inside to make a delicious soup].
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tokyonights7
Sep 25, 2011 @ 3:23 pm | delete
- Wow, love the pumpkin hamburger! Absolute genius!
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LaurieKristensen Sep 14, 2011 @ 7:08 pm | delete
- Love this lens...! I shared it on my Facebook. :o)
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plrsource
Sep 10, 2011 @ 2:49 pm | delete
- Great lens....
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WordCustard
Aug 10, 2011 @ 1:49 am | delete
- I've been here before but just came back and got even more smiles from these fun and creative pumpkin ideas.
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MiaBellezza
Feb 8, 2011 @ 11:01 am | delete
- Oodles of great pumpkin carving ideas!
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