I began with a plain, orange craft pumpkin. I started by painting the whole thing yellow (except at the very bottom). It took several coats to get the whole thing covered. Once the yellow layer dried, I began painting the blue for the denim. I just freehanded this, but I did draw it in pencil first and then paint over it. I found it helpful to do it upside down on a bowl:
Once the blue dried, I outlined the edges with a black sharpie, drew on the pocket, and added two yellow dots so it looked like button holes. I then drew the mouth, added teeth with a white paint marker, and painted the strap for the glasses. I used lids from mason jars for the eyes (painted the inside of the lids white) and added googly eyes. I hot glued the lids to the pumpkin and voila!
I have a colleague who loves minions, so I knew from the start where this project would end up. :)
