Minion No-Carve Halloween Pumpkin Craft is perfect for decorating your home with the kids during Halloween.
Minion No-Carve Halloween Pumpkin Craft
These were a lot of fun to make. They took a bit of time, but I had two wonderful little helpers eager to pitch in whenever they could.
Materials Needed For Your Minion Pumpkins
- Acrylic paint(colors: blue, yellow, black, and white)
- Paint Brushes
- Brown and Black Sharpie
- Pumpkins
- Hot Glue
- Lids from Mason jars
- Black Pipe Cleaners
How To Make Minion No-Carve Halloween Pumpkins
- Paint the top half of your pumpkin with yellow acrylic paint.
- I used regular house paint brushes to paint the larger areas.
- I would wait for it to dry and do a second coat so that the yellow is nice and bright (we only did one coat).
- Paint the bottom half of your pumpkin with your blue acrylic paint.
- Again, wait until it’s dry and then apply a second coat (we only applied one coat).
- Acrylic paint dries quickly, so while your pumpkins dry, start creating your minion eyes.
- The girls wanted a one eye minion and a two-eyed minion, so I used a larger mason jar lid for the one-eyed and then two small mason jar lids for the two-eyed minions.
- To create the eyes, flip the mason jar inside lid inside out. You want the white side up so you can draw the eyes on them.
- I then used a black and brown sharpie to draw the eyes. I also dotted a little bit of the white acrylic paint on the eyes to make them look more realistic (see the first picture at the top of the post).
- Using the hot glue gun, seal the white lid inside the silver rim and then glue on your minion.
- With a black sharpie, you can also draw a mouth, or you can use some acrylic paint as we did for our two-eyed minions.
- Using your black acrylic paint and a small brush, paint the stem of your pumpkin and draw a line about 2 inches wide around your pumpkin.
- These are to simulate the minion’s goggles. Also, make sure to add a little bit in between the goggles, or you can use a black sharpie to do this.
- Using a black sharpie, draw your minion’s overalls and pocket with Gru’s infamous villain symbol.
- Using a black sharpie, draw circles as buttons and dab a little bit of white acrylic paint right in the middle of the buttons.
- With a smaller paint brush, paint some yellow on top of the blue overall area about 4 inches wide halfway on your pumpkin.
- To create the minion’s hair, you can either poke holes into your pumpkin and stick your pipe cleaners in, or you can glue them on.
- We chose to glue them on because we want our pumpkins to last until next month for our youngest daughter’s birthday party.
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Did you paint or carve your pumpkins this year?
*Originally Published October 29th, 2013*
Julie says
I was just showing my son how link parties work (not sure how interested he was) then he spotted these and loves them (and he’s 17 – go figure!)
abccreativelearning says
Too funny Julie! Homeschooling has definitely taught me that if I want them to pay attention to lessons and actually learn something 😉 I have to incorporate themes that interest them! Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad your son like the Minions 🙂
Mandy @ Sugar Bee Craftsm says
Thanks for linking to Take-A-Look Tuesday over at Sugar Bee Crafts – I featured you today!
–Mandy, SugarBeeCrafts.com
abccreativelearning says
Thank you for the feature Mandy!!
Kayla @ Home Coming says
These are amazing! Great job. I’m hosting a giveaway for two modern printed kitchen towels that you should enter! http://homecomingmn.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-tea-towel-set-giveaway.html
Antionette Blake says
such a cute idea for the little ones, thanks for sharing at the #WWDParty!
abccreativelearning says
Thank you for stoppig by Antionette! Have a great week 🙂
Antionette Blake says
Thanks for reposting.
the cape on the corner says
adorable and super smart for the eyes!
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abccreativelearning says
Thank you 🙂
Heather says
These minion pumpkins are absolutely the cutest pumpkins this fall! Love what you and the kids created. Pinning to share, it’s adorable 🙂
abccreativelearning says
Thank you Heather!
JDaniel4's Mom says
These are super cute! My son just loves minions!
abccreativelearning says
Thanks!
Emma says
These are THE BEST! You must have the coolest pumpkins on the block!
abccreativelearning says
Thanks Emma! These were last years, so as you can guess the girls already have me working on this years pumpkins! 😉
Ashley says
Love the minions!