Watch Ree's beloved floral patterns come to life on a series of sophisticated-looking pumpkins, or opt for something guaranteed to make you smile, like a pumpkin painted to look like an ice cream ...

Paint five-point stars in gold paint to mimic ... Push the flower theme even further by covering the pumpkin in floral paper. Get the tutorial at The Pretty Life Girls. Vellum paper and a battery ...

And if you want to wow the crowds without spending hours carving intricate designs, you'll want to choose one of these pumpkin painting ideas. That's right: You can say goodbye to cumbersome ...

Find yourself a baby pumpkin (the smallest one you can find) and flip it upside down to make the top of your cupcake. Paint the pumpkin using the color of your favorite icing, stick the pumpkin in ...

(You can, of course, use regular paint here in lieu of the spray kind). Once dry, we covered the pumpkin in light brown spots to mimic the floral pattern on Joyce's wallpaper and let it dry.

"There's no limitation in terms of painting pumpkins, you've just got to get stuck in," says a Norfolk artist who has got involved in this year's Halloween trend of decorating rather than carving ...