18 Incredible Ways to Decorate with Pumpkins This Fall

Take a round or oval container, and fill it with potting soil. Plant a mix of succulents (such as echeverias) toward the center of the bowl, leaving plenty of room around the edges. Nestle small orange and white pumpkins into the soil. Add seasonal vegetables like kale, radishes, and eggplants. Use bundles of fresh herbs (such as rosemary and sage) to fill in any gaps.

Many Southerners spend the majority of their fall at the hunting camp, so incorporate that into your fall decorating! Add some antlers to any pumpkin centerpiece or arrangement for a rustic vibe.

Copy your grandmother's milk glass with this adorable pumpkin project that will look cute anytime this fall, anywhere in the house. Using puffy paint and spray paint, create your own design on each pumpkin.

Use a craft knife to trace circles a little larger than the bottom of a tea light into the orange mini pumpkins. Cut and carve out the circles to allow a candle to fit inside comfortably. Insert tea lights. Float pumpkin votives as well as whole pumpkins in water, or scatter around to create a fall glow.

Group painted pumpkins by the fireplace for some added shimmer. We used black and gold paint for our grouping, but any complimentary colors will work.

Start with three bowls of graduated sizes. Place wet florist foam in each bowl, and trim, as necessary, so the top of the foam is even with the top of each bowl. Stack the bowls with the largest on the bottom. Using florist picks, secure white pumpkins and artichokes in an asymmetrical arrangement to the foam of each level. Take a mix of fresh herb and pepper plants out of their pots, and wrap in plastic bags so they can be replanted later. Attach berries (we used brunia) to florist picks. Working one side at a time, use herbs, peppers, and berries to fill in the spaces between the pumpkins and the artichokes

Announce your address in style by cleverly etching your house number (or your initials or name) into a pumpkin. Using pumpkin-carving tools, etch out the numbers by removing layers of the pumpkin, being sure not to cut all the way through the shell. Rub the design with petroleum jelly to seal the cut skin and keep the design looking fresh.

You might not be sipping mint juleps this fall, but you can use the silver cups for cute flower and pumpkin arrangements. Make larger centerpieces with bigger pieces of silver like urns and serving bowls.

Pick a few branches of colorful fall leaves, and arrange simply in a tall glass vase filled with water. From this bold focal point, build out the rest of your tabletop display. Gather an array of seasonal gourds in a mix of colors, sizes, and textures for variety. Stack flat gourds of graduated sizes, and top with a large glass cloche (available at crafts stores or online). Fill another smaller glass cloche with bleached pinecones, and invert; we used it to top one of our flatter pumpkins, but feel free to improvise. Add a potted plant (we used a small olive tree) to the arrangement for texture. Place small gourds around the larger items, and scatter more bright fall leaves along the table.

Upholstery tacks easily give a graphic look to plain white pumpkins. Mix up the sizes and shapes of the tacks to create different patterns. Also try creating numbers or your monogram.

Why not hang up your pumpkins this year? Small pumpkins and gourds adorn this wreath form. Fill in the holes with moss and hang with a burlap ribbon.

Wrap twine several times around votive holders and colorful fall leaves, and then secure with a knot. To construct different heights, top the votives with varying numbers of small white pumpkins. Add a touch more autumn dazzle to your display with this simple addition: Gather an assortment of colorful fall leaves, and use wire to fasten them to a length of rope to form a beautiful seasonal garland. Using temporary adhesive hooks, attach the garland to your mantel.

Festive party decorations, these flower/pumpkin combinations add a happy touch on the table. Poke a hole in the pumpkin using the awl. Cut a stem from the mum plant, and place in the hole. Repeat until you've covered the pumpkin. To help extend its life, keep it in the refrigerator until party time.

Inside or out, a stack of pumpkins will always impress. We grouped three pumpkins of descending sizes on top of each other in an urn. We then filled the gaps with moss. 

Cinderella pumpkins make a great base for hurricanes. Cut out space in your pumpkin in to place a glass hurricane and stick in your candle. Stack up the pumpkins at varying heights to create more interest down your path.

If you're afraid of bright orange colors disturbing your design style, pick out neutral pumpkins. This mantle is layered with white and pale green pumpkins and gourds. 

This luxe look begins with paint. Start by spray-painting a small pumpkin gold and a larger pumpkin a creamy shade of white. For a more formal and dramatic effect, apply gold leaf to a larger pumpkin. To create a seasonal arrangement for a sideboard, add nandina berries to the tops of both pumpkins and surround the duo with pinecones that are spray-painted gold.

It is a classic for a reason. Easy and perfectly on season.