Minnie Mouse Halloween Painted Pumpkin by Amy Locurto at LivingLocurto.com

I don’t carve pumpkins for Halloween anymore, I paint!

Because I have small children, painting pumpkins is the easiest and most fun option for them now. My daughter LOVED her Minnie Mouse Pumpkin last year at Halloween!

These are some wonderful pumpkins the older girls at my daughter’s school painted. Each Halloween they display their art work and I’m always super impressed with their creativity! Some are painted on plastic pumpkins, perfect for saving for next year.

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To learn how to paint a pumpkin visit this site. If you would rather carve one, check out One Pretty Thing’s Pumpkin Carving Round-Up.

 

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  1. Those are real big pumpkins! I like the idea of painting it for fun. Hmm it’s November next month and you just gave me an early idea for Halloween. Thanks!

  2. Painting the pumpkin sure looks a lot easier, less messy and more fun. I don’t know if my pumpkin will turn out like yours, but definitely this is what I’m doing next year.

  3. Wow, those look great!!!! I feel like my carving of pumpkins is a little piddly now…haha!

  4. OOPs, forgot to leave my name!!

    I love that I can say I knew you when you werenโ€™t featured on SITS! Congrats!!
    Love those pumpkinsโ€ฆso creative!

  5. Anonymous says:

    I love that I can say I knew you when you weren’t featured on SITS! Congrats!!

    Love those pumpkins…so creative!

  6. Those pumpkins are so adorable!! Happy SITS Day and Happy Halloween!!

  7. We’re definitely painting this year. I’m not a fan of pumpkin guts, and neither is my three-year-old.

  8. Those are great (and very satisfying) photos!!!

    I love the painted pumpkins! If we had painted instead of carved two weekends ago, we would still have pumpkins (not a moldy mess) to show off at Halloween!

  9. Happy SITS day! Your blog is amazing! I love all of your ideas!

  10. Happy SITS Day! These pumpkins are amazing! I’ve never seen anything like them. Never even heard of pumpkin painting. What a great idea!
    .-= Anali´s last blog ..Still Loving The Single Layer Cakes =-.

  11. I carve pumpkins! – I just carved one that was a large pumpkin eating a smaller pumpkin… it came out quite good – i was very proud of myself

  12. Wow, what a great job. I thought at first you just painted in the eyes and mouth etc like I see here done at the local grocery store but your’s are way cooler.

    Stopping by from SITS.

  13. Wow, you are so creative! You made so many too. I’ll bet you had a lot of fun making all of those. You’re really talented.

    Congratulations on your SITS day!
    .-= Mindi ´s last blog ..Loud And Clear =-.

  14. Dropping by from SITStas…wow I like them all what a great idea!

  15. I’m so jealous! Your pumpkins are awesome!

  16. We don’t do pumpkins but when and if I ever do, I think I would paint them instead of carve. Yours are adorable! I can’t even pick a favorite.

  17. We definitely carve big pumpkins, but paint little ones ๐Ÿ™‚ Cute!

  18. I usually carve them but after seeing all those great painted ones I think I am going have to give it a try!
    visiting from SITS!
    .-= MONICA´s last blog ..THANKFUL THURSDAY! =-.

  19. Those pumpkins are so ridiculously good-looking!

    I carve pumpkins but I like to think I’d be equally bad at painting them.
    .-= Sara´s last blog ..Circadian Rhythm Nation =-.

  20. Love the painting idea….I HATE carving pumpkins…what a great alternative for next year!

    Stopping over from SITs

  21. Great ideas for painting pumpkins. If I don’t carve them, though, i don’t get to cook up the pumpkin seeds. Coming over from SITS.
    .-= 2busy´s last blog ..Don’t Talk to Strangers =-.

  22. What a great idea! We carve pumpkins, but it’s such a mess and always so much clean up. Half the time we don’t even do that good of a job! Maybe next year we’ll just paint. Though I do love the roasted pumpkin seeds part!

    That little girl in her costume is precious. I love her total focused expression. ๐Ÿ™‚

  23. Those are creative ways of decorating pumpkins, we are old fashioned, we just carve them.
    .-= Marie Cole´s last blog ..Splish, Splash =-.

  24. Very cute pumpkins. I may have to do a couple more for next yr. Since I don’t have a little any longer I painted mine on a carvable pumpkin last yr. All I had to do was sit it on the front porch.

  25. Super cute painted pumpkins! I haven’t gotten a pumpkin this year. I think I have been too busy trying to get costumes together (and I only have one kid right now!) Came from SITS.

  26. Awesome sight. So glad I found it through SITS today! We actually carved pumpkins this year. I can’t wait to light them up tomorrow night.
    .-= Amy´s last blog ..Cheerios Spoonful of Stories =-.

  27. Love the pumpkins! After numerous almost misses with the knife and possible stitches, I think I may paint a pumpkin this year too.

  28. Hi!
    Stopping by from SITS to visit! Cute ideas – never thought to paint a pumpkin before.

    Have a great weekend.
    .-= Mary´s last blog ..Garlic Cheese Biscuits =-.

  29. Those are so neat and very creative ๐Ÿ™‚ I’m not sure I’m talented enough to do that myself though lol. Have an amazing day ๐Ÿ™‚
    God Bless

  30. I could hang around here all day! I love all the costume pictures below and these pumpkins are amazing!

  31. You might enjoy my most recent post. I talk about those poly pumpkins and Michaels craft store. It’s good for a giggle. Have a great weekend.

  32. Quasi Serendipita says:

    Stopping by from SITS…love the Minnie Mouse pumpkin – so cute!

  33. Love the creativity!!! The little girl is is so tiny!!! She’s precious.

  34. Those beautiful painted pumpkins make my three carved ones feel moldy and sad.
    .-= Joey´s last blog ..I love my blankie =-.

  35. So adorable! (The girl AND the pumpkins!)
    I think I like Super Pumpkin and the aliens the best. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Visiting from SITS!
    .-= When did I become My Mom?´s last blog ..Intruder =-.

  36. Came over from SITS to look at your blog. The pumpkins are so cute!

    come visit me sometime.

  37. These are awesome. I can’t stand the smell of pumpkin guts.

  38. How original. We paint our pumpkins too but nothing like yours.

    Congrats on being featured on SITS.

    Happy Halloween.
    .-= Jen´s last blog ..Connor’s Closet =-.

  39. your blog is very lovely!
    i just adore your crafty ideas and pictures!
    stopping by from sist to say hi!

    have a sweet halloween eve!
    justyna

  40. Ok, so I’m totally in love with Super Pumpkin! I am already flipping the pages of his comic book in my head. So adorable!

  41. Wow, those are some AWESOME pumpkins! Ours is naked this year, but this makes me wish I had a creative bone in my body so I could paint ours! Stopping by from SITS, happy Friday to you!
    .-= Type A Mommy´s last blog ..Mandarin Chicken =-.

  42. Holyoke Home says:

    ooooooh! I never thought about painting instead of carving!

    Stopping by from SITS

  43. Hi SITSta ๐Ÿ™‚
    Great photos! I’ve never thought it’s possible to paint pumpkins like this, we’ll definitely try it out.
    .-= Ann´s last blog ..For those who like running =-.

  44. Those are some great pumpkins. We usually do a little carving and a little painting. Visiting from sits!

  45. We painted craft pumpkins this year. Your Minnie Mouse was adorable!

  46. Those are some cool pumpkins!!! And your dancing kitty is adorable!
    .-= Monika´s last blog ..Build-A-Bear =-.

  47. Very cute and creative….I monogram pumpkins!
    sandy toe

  48. Oh that turquoise alienesque pumpkins are WILD! I LOVE them! Really sad news, but we haven’t done anything with pumpkins this year….my husband likes to carve them, but I’d rather paint them.

  49. We don’t pumpkin since we don’t have kiddos of our own and both dislike pumpkin but I love that Minnie Mouse pumpkin! I’d actually never thought of painting vs carving, it certainly would be a lot less mess!
    .-= Amy´s last blog ..Nothing About This Process is Cheap =-.

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