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Halloween how-to: 3 easy DIY pumpkins to glam up your front porch

WATCH: Go glam with these 3 easy DIY pumpkin ideas

Ditch the carving tools and dazzle your trick-or-treaters this Halloween with these pretty, no-carve pumpkins.

"Good Morning America" worked with author, caterer and event planner Mary Giuliani to pull off three creations.

Here's how to do it.

PHOTO: Glam pumpkins make for simple, no-carve pumpkin creations.
Glam pumpkins make for simple, no-carve pumpkin creations.

Play with pastels

What you need:
Matte paint in pastel-y shades. We chose lavender, sage and power pink and blue.
Paint sponges.

How-to:
Mix white paint with pastel paint to achieve a lighter color.
Coat pumpkins and gords in paint holding the stem down.
Set to dry.

PHOTO: "Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create simple, glam, DIY pumpkins for Halloween.
"Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create simple, glam, DIY pumpkins for Halloween.

Tip:
Paint more than one coat after drying for maximum coverage.

Gourd-geous gems

What you need:
Metallic paints.
Paint sponges.
Add rhinestones.

PHOTO: Dazzle your trick-or-treaters this Halloween with pretty, no-carve pumpkin creations.
Dazzle your trick-or-treaters this Halloween with pretty, no-carve pumpkin creations.
PHOTO: These simple pumpkin tutorials will glam up your front porch this Halloween.
These simple pumpkin tutorials will glam up your front porch this Halloween.

How-to:
Paint pumpkin with silver or bronze paint.
Let dry.
Add some bling.

PHOTO: "Good Morning America" created simple glam pumpkins for the Halloween season.
"Good Morning America" created simple glam pumpkins for the Halloween season.

Tip:
Try adhesive rhinestones to avoid gluing.

All that glitters

What you need:
Masking tape.
Mod Podge or glue.
Glitter (any color of your choice).
Circle paint sponge.

PHOTO: "Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create glitter, pastel and metallic pumpkins for Halloween.
"Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create glitter, pastel and metallic pumpkins for Halloween.
PHOTO: Ditch the carving tools this Halloween with pretty, no-carve pumpkin creations.
Ditch the carving tools this Halloween with pretty, no-carve pumpkin creations.

How-to:
For stripes-
Tape vertical stripes on pumpkin.
Paint Mod Podge or glue onto opposite sides of the tape.
Add lots of glitter.
Peel off tape.

PHOTO: "Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create three, easy DIY pumpkin ideas.
"Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create three, easy DIY pumpkin ideas.

For dots-
Paint dots of glue onto pumpkin using the circle paint sponge.
Add more glitter.

PHOTO: Ditch the carving tools and dazzle your trick-or-treaters this Halloween with pretty, no-carve pumpkin creations.
Ditch the carving tools and dazzle your trick-or-treaters this Halloween with pretty, no-carve pumpkin creations.

Tip: Work with glitter last. Sparkles may be the most fun, but they're the messiest.

PHOTO: "Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create DIY pumpkin ideas to glam up your front porch this Halloween.
"Good Morning America" worked with a crafter to create DIY pumpkin ideas to glam up your front porch this Halloween.

Follow Mary on her Instagram pages here: @mary_giuliani, @mgcevents