With Halloween creeping up, it's time to add some panache to all those pumpkins. While carving is a time-honored tradition, it's also time-consuming, takes some skill and you have to deal with the slimy insides. (Eek!) Besides, it's only a matter of time before the jack-o'-lantern you worked so hard to create begins to rot. So forget the knife altogether. There a thousand other ways to dress up your pumpkin for the season. We wanted to scare, er, share some ideas on how to turn your plain-jane gourds into smashing pumpkins.
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Decorate Halloween pumpkins in a flash with absolutely no carving necessary.
October 18, 2012 at 1:21PM

It takes a lot of candy corn -- and patience -- to make this decorated pumpkin. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)