Picture of Paint Like You Mean It

Paint the pumpkins bright orange. Stems? Brown. Outlines? Black. Then take a step back, squint, and realize you just painted circles that look suspiciously like mutant oranges. It’s fine. Everything looks better once you add faces. Oh, and that black outline? Mandatory. Without it, your pumpkins look sad. With it, they scream “Halloween, but make it DIY.” I cut little mouths out of black paper and glued them on, because my painting precision is roughly zero. You can paint yours directly if you trust your hand-eye coordination — I don’t. Go for that cheeky jack-o’-lantern grin, the kind that says “I might be cute, but I’ve seen things.”