Designed Calm seasonal studio

The Tiny Pumpkin Nail Studio

Give mini pumpkins their own little manicure. Think botanical stencils, berry dots, moon shapes, scallops and tiny French tips, all on real irregular pumpkins that still look like pumpkins.

These images are AI-generated styling ideas, so your pumpkins will look a little different (and more you).

Six decorated mini pumpkins beside stencils, polish bottles and small craft tools on a linen-covered table.

New for October

The stencil studio

Three looks you can paint with a stencil and a sponge, no carving. Dab, don’t brush, and let each coat dry before you lift the stencil.

Cream and blush mini pumpkins with caramel leopard spots and oxblood velvet bows on a white marble table, beside a leopard stencil and two foam daubers.

Leopard pumpkins

Cream minis with caramel spots

Paint a few white or blush pumpkins, then dab caramel and espresso through a leopard stencil. A velvet bow on each stem makes them party-ready.

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Navy and dusty-blue pumpkins painted with gold suns, moons and stars, with small hands dabbing gold paint through a moon stencil.

Starry night pumpkins

Gold moons on navy pumpkins

Paint pumpkins navy or dusty blue, stencil a sun and a crescent moon, then let the kids add stars freehand with a gold paint pen.

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A cream heirloom pumpkin with sage and blush stenciled ferns and a satin bow, a fern stencil peeling away, on blue toile with a yellow dauber.

Botanical toile pumpkins

Sage ferns on cream pumpkins

Hold a fern stencil flat against a cream pumpkin and dab sage, then blush. Tie a satin bow on the stem and set it on a toile cloth.

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Also new for October

Butterfly and sparkle pumpkins

Six more no-carve looks: wings to tuck in, butterflies to stick on, and gems for every age.

A white pumpkin with giant white paper butterfly wings tucked behind it and a blush ribbon on the stem, between two small white pumpkins with paper wings.

Paper-wing pumpkin

A white pumpkin with giant paper wings

Tuck big white paper butterflies behind a white pumpkin so it becomes the butterfly's body. A pink ribbon on the stem finishes it.

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A parade of little pumpkins on a wooden table, each with white feather angel wings and a small bow, with a child's hand placing the last one.

Pumpkin fairies

A parade of feather-winged pumpkins

Mini feather angel wings slip behind little pumpkins for a fairy parade down the table. This is the one kids line up themselves.

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Cream and sage pumpkins covered in colorful vintage butterfly stickers on a linen runner, beside a brass candlestick and a packet of stickers.

Vintage butterflies

Butterfly stickers on cream pumpkins

Press vintage butterfly stickers onto white and sage pumpkins, and lift a wing or two so they look like they just landed.

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A cream pumpkin with gold pyramid studs along its ribs and a black satin bow, beside a blush and a black studded pumpkin, a box of gold spikes and a yellow wrench.

Gold-studded pumpkins

Rockstud pumpkins in gold

Gold pyramid studs down the ribs of faux craft pumpkins, finished with a black satin bow. A grown-up craft: the spikes are sharp, so keep them away from little hands.

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White, blush and orange pumpkins with rows of small flower rhinestones along their ribs, a child's hand pressing one on, and a crystal dish of rhinestones.

Jeweled pumpkins

Flower rhinestones down every rib

Small flower rhinestones in rows along the ribs, stuck on with glue dots. Older kids can help with a grown-up nearby; the stones are small, so keep them away from toddlers.

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Four mini pumpkins decorated with small peel-and-stick gems, including a ring of hearts and a scatter of stars, with a child's hands peeling a heart gem beside a box of gems and a paper crown.

Princess pumpkins

Peel-and-stick gems little ones can do themselves

Self-adhesive gems in hearts, stars and flowers: a ring of hearts around the stem, a scatter of stars. They're small parts, so stay close for little ones.

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For Halloween night

Masquerade pumpkins

Give your pumpkins a mask for the ball. Each mask ties around the pumpkin with its own ribbon or elastic, so there's no carving and no glue.

Cream, black and white pumpkins wearing black, gold and silver lace masquerade masks tied with black satin ribbons, with black feather plumes, by taper candlelight on an oxblood velvet runner.

The pumpkin masquerade ball

Lace masks and black feathers by candlelight

Tie a lace mask around each pumpkin, tuck a few black feathers under the ribbon on one side, and light the candles. If little ones are around, use LED tapers instead.

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Pumpkins wearing paper masquerade masks that kids painted in bright swirls and topped with colorful feathers, with a child's hands adding a feather, blank white masks, paint pots and a glue stick on a wooden table.

The kids' masquerade

Paper masks they paint themselves

Hand out blank paper masks, paint and a bowl of bright feathers. Once the masks are dry, slip the elastic around a pumpkin and every pumpkin goes to the ball in a mask someone made.

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Six mini pumpkins with scalloped edges, dots, small leaves and star patterns.

Mini manicures

Follow the pumpkin’s own ridges with scalloped tips, half moons or one neat row of dots.

Five decorated mini pumpkins with a paper stencil library of leaves, stars, flowers and moons.

A tiny stencil library

Use low-tack paper stencils for ferns, flowers, moons and stars. A little irregularity keeps the result human.

Three ivory mini pumpkins with layered amber, berry and dark botanical marks.

Botanical jewels

Layer amber, berry and dark brown marks into small painterly clusters. Let each color dry before adding the next.

Five bright mini pumpkins decorated with washable dots, leaves, flowers and scallops beside water-based markers.

The washable version

Bring in coral, lavender, pink and moss with washable water-based materials for a brighter family craft table.

A simple setup

  1. Wash and completely dry each mini pumpkin.
  2. Protect the table and stabilize each pumpkin in a folded towel ring.
  3. Choose one small motif and two or three colors.
  4. Secure the stencil lightly, then dab rather than brush across its edge.
  5. Let every layer dry before turning or displaying the pumpkin.
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