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Three small yellow pumpkins are painted with emoji faces. The top pumpkin has heart eyes, the bottom left is winking, and the bottom right is laughing with tears.
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Emoji Pumpkins

These cute emoji pumpkins are easy, budget-friendly and most of all, fun! They're the perfect Halloween craft for all ages.
Keyword emoji painted pumpkins, emoji pumpkins
Prep Time 30 minutes
Drying time 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 30 minutes
Servings 3
Author Lisa O'Driscoll

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Paint all of your pumpkins yellow, except for the bottom. Let dry. Flip over and paint the bottom. Let dry and then repeat with a second coat if needed.
    3 Foam craft pumpkins, Yellow acrylic craft paint
    A small pumpkin painted bright yellow sits on a white surface.
  • Once your pumpkin is dry, use a pencil to draw two heart shaped eyes and a mouth. You can skip this step if you are super confident in your ability to get it right the first time!
    A yellow pumpkin with two heart shapes lightly outlined in pencil on its surface.
  • Paint the eyes red and the mouth black.
    Black acrylic craft paint, Red acrylic craft paint
    A small yellow pumpkin painted with red heart-shaped eyes and a black smiling mouth on a white background.
  • Finally, use white paint to give the eyes a little sparkle.
    White acrylic craft paint
    A yellow pumpkin with red heart shapes for eyes and a wide black smile painted on its surface.
  • Repeat to make a winking emoji.
    Black acrylic craft paint, White acrylic craft paint
    A yellow pumpkin painted with a winking face emoji, including one closed eye, one open eye, and a smiling mouth, against a plain white background.
  • Repeat to make a laughing with tears emoji.
    Black acrylic craft paint, Blue acrylic craft paint, White acrylic craft paint
    A yellow pumpkin painted with the "laughing with tears" emoji face is displayed against a plain white background.

Notes

  • You'll most likely need two coats of yellow paint so be sure you factor in the time it takes for the paint to dry. I calculated 4 hours above, though it may not take quite that long.
  • Acrylic craft paint works best for these. I get mine at Walmart for under $2.
  • Lightly draw the emoji face with a pencil first. It makes painting (or coloring) much easier and keeps your lines neat.
  • Want to save these to use as decor next Halloween? Once your pumpkin is dry, spray with a clear sealer to help the faces last longer than just one season.