Where are my Star Wars and Disney fans? I’ve seen some adorable pumpkin ideas out there and I couldn’t help but brainstorm a fun BB-8 pumpkin idea. He is my favorite Star Wars droid!
How To Create A BB8 Pumpkin
Plus BB-8’s round shape was just screaming to be made into a fun Halloween jack-o-lantern. When I found a couple of white pumpkins at the Marana Pumpkin Patch, I knew I could pull off an easy BB-8 pumpkin similar to Elliot’s BB-8 costume.

DIY BB-8 Pumpkin Supplies:
- 1 medium white pumpkin
- 1 small white pumpkin
- orange, black, and silver duct tape
- parchment paper
- scissors
- pencil
- glue gun
- BB-8 decal templates
I plan on remaking my BB-8 pumpkin using craft pumpkins, so I can display him every Halloween. Using a real pumpkin is super fun, but also temporary.

Print a few pictures of BB-8’s designs to use as templates for the decals. Cutting designs out of duct tape is really easy if you use the duct tape and parchment paper trick.
Trace the designs onto parchment paper and then cover the other side with duct tape. Turn it back over and cut out your design. The duct tape will easily peel away from the parchment paper. Then apply the BB8 designs to your pumpkin.

BB-8 Pumpkin Head
Using pictures of the real BB-8 online, apply black, silver and orange duct tape to match his head. I attached BB-8’s head (made from the small pumpkin) to his body using a glue.
More Disney Pumpkin Ideas
- Baby Yoda Pumpkin
- Mandalorian Pumpkin
- BB-9E Pumpkin
- Incredibles Pumpkin
- Duke Caboom Pumpkin
- Pete’s Dragon Pumpkins
- Phineas and Ferb Pumpkins
More Star Wars BB-8 Ideas
- BB-8 Costume
- Free BB8 Shirt Design
- BB-8 Star Wars Lantern
- BB8 My Valentine Cards
- BB8 Star Wars Christmas Wreath
- Super Easy BB8 Cupcakes
This post was originally published October 31, 2015.
Heather says
Super cute! Link to BB-8 decal templates?
Karen says
I just found images for this project online – but did find a template to use for this project, there is a link to them in that post.
https://desertchica.com/star-wars-bb-8-paper-lantern/
Aimee says
LOVE this! How did you secure the two pumpkins together?
Karen says
Glue gun!