In this post look at 40 ways to create gourd art ideas for a Halloween display. Outside or inside, you just need a little inspiration!ideas
Why buy the decorations everyone else has? As a gourd artist, you have the skills and materials to create a fireplace or tabletop display. You can use gourds to decorate a door or porch. Whether scary or cute, gourds can make your yard display the envy of your neighbors. To get your creative juices bubbling, here are 40 ideas you can copy or adapt to your needs. Every year, you keep adding new gourds! If you are a beginner, look at the videos for additional help.
Let’s begin our gallery of 40 inspiring gourd art ideas for a Halloween display.
Gourd Jack-O-Lanterns as a gourd art idea for a Halloween display
It is easy for gourd artists with cutting and carving experience, but cutting a jack-o-lantern is an excellent way for beginners to improve their skills. Pull out a small jigsaw and pencil. Search the Internet for face ideas and start. If you cut a hole in the bottom, you will have space to clean the outside. Stand all the cut edges and finish with a clear outdoor varnish. |
If you cut a hole in the bottom, you will have space to clean out the outside. Be sure to stand all the cut edges and finish with a clear outdoor varnish. |
If you are new to gourd art, read this tutorial to help explain the basic process.
- Love the jack-o-lanterns on the stair steps.
2. . If yours doesn’t sit straight, glue it to wood or another gourd. |
3. Put a few in a big wooden bowl for a centerpiece. Notice the yellow battery tea light for inside. |
4. . Put one on a painted cardboard box and then use sticks to hang other smaller gourds or other scary things.
5. Or drill a hole through the gourds and stack them on a dowel. You can use a piece of wood or a large shard for a base. Add super glue to stabilize the gourds to each other, or use magnets and give them a high gloss finish to catch the light. Both would look great on a table or countertop! |
- Create jack-o-lanterns stakes for outside. Make them cute or scary, then hang spiders or bats from the sticks. You could use a tall wood stick or metal Shepard hooks.
- Take different sizes of jack-o-lanterns and group them on a porch wall or porch column. Notice how the artist has used tea lights.
See how expressive they are when not highly decorated!
9. Make a basket and cover the inside with art resin.
The Candy Gourd Dish as a gourd art idea for a Halloween display
It is easy for gourd artists with cutting and carving experience, but cutting a jack-o-lantern is an excellent way for beginners to improve their skills. Pull out a small jigsaw and pencil. Search the Internet for face ideas and start. If you cut a hole in the bottom, you will have space to clean the outside. Stand all the cut edges and finish with a clear outdoor varnish. |
Add a clay face detail or just paint something scary to stick their hand in!
If you are skilled with Apoxie Sculpt, then, by all means, create your features and wow everyone.
Watch this video to learn simple techniques to paint a jack-o-lantern with acrylic paints.
11.. Cut off the tops of the gourds, then cut a face, and you are done!
You can’t have too many Ghosts when you plan your gourd art idea for a Halloween display
It is easy for gourd artists with cutting and carving experience, but cutting a jack-o-lantern is an excellent way for beginners to improve their skills. Pull out a small jigsaw and pencil. Search the Internet for face ideas and start. If you cut a hole in the bottom, you will have space to clean the outside. Stand all the cut edges and finish with a clear outdoor varnish. |
The trick is to find the right face. “Google” it and find lots of cheat sheets.
12. Or take your time and include some carving.
13.Any gourd shape becomes a ghost when painted white and grouped.
14. Find some webbing or spider cotton to drape over your ghost.
15. Love how these sit on a tree log!
15. I Love this easy-to-do door display. |
17. Put your ghosts in a large flower pot by the front door. |
18. Hang them. Create a hole in the back of the gourd and hang it on a wreath hanger on the front door!
19.Make a Dracula ghost
20. Try this ghost candy dish!
21. How about a haunted house gourd in the kitchen somewhere?
22. Ghosts on sticks that could line the path to the door.
23. How cute is this?
Scary Gourds
Now let’s really think out of the box and think creepy!
Meet Allison Larkins. Take a look at her creations and start thinking weird and scarry.
Woops! Maybe not this outlandish!!
24. Little gourds for hanging around a door or porch.
25. Allison Larkins
26. Allison Larkin. Display scary gourds among some hay.
27. Allison Larkins. A scarry element for the kids to pass by on the way for candy.
28. Try a Dracula gourd
29. Or a green monster
30. Or a Double head monster
31. Try creating a skeleton ghost gourd
Here is an easy project to included the kids. Make warty gourd monsters!
A gourd art idea for a Halloween display must include a Witch!
It is easy for gourd artists with cutting and carving experience, but cutting a jack-o-lantern is an excellent way for beginners to improve their skills. Pull out a small jigsaw and pencil. Search the Internet for face ideas and start. If you cut a hole in the bottom, you will have space to clean the outside. Stand all the cut edges and finish with a clear outdoor varnish. |
31. Create a tall trio of witches.
32. Get creative with the hat.
33. Just go with a simple face.
34. Create a nice big witch!
35. Show off your painting skills.
36. Go wild with a hair idea!!
36-37. Just create her head and get creative.
38. if you are a good painter, go BIG!!
39. Add accessories and just let your skills work for you.
40. Creat a group of witches heads!
It is all about having fun and letting your creativity wander.
I hope these examples have triggered some ideas and you are ready to draw up some design and that you will have fun with a display for both the inside and outside.
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These are so awesome. Bettie thanks for sharing such great info!