Mickey Mouse Pumpkin

There are so many awesome pumpkins out there!  Some of the ideas people come up with are so creative! Leaving mine just plain orange seemed sooo "yesterday"! (do people say that anymore?)
Recently returning from Disneyland, Mickey pumpkins were still on my mind when I was thinking about some other way to jazz up my pumpkins.

 

Wanting to try something a bit more creative this Halloween and while still in Disney mode, I decided to create this one for my daughter.  She's a HUGE Mickey fan! 

This is the Mickey image that I decided to use.

If I find the time, I may also make this one, just to complete the set.

I started with a medium pumpkin.  I printed out a copy of Mickey's template to visually follow since I was going to have to freehand his image onto the pumpkin.  I tried using chalk, but it didn't transfer well.  A crayon did much better. 

I began painting with the black acrylic paint.  I'd suggest starting with all lighter colors first since they are easier to correct and paint over if you make a mistake.  I should have started with the eyes but I was too anxious to see his face take shape.

It went from this...

to this...

 Oh yeah, the ears!

I found a set of mouse ears in the costume section of the Dollar Store that I thought would make for some pretty fab Mickey Ears!!  They were attached to a headband and I simply cut them off.  I reinforced each ear with galvanized wire I already had and left about 2" of the wire extending from each side to insert into the pumpkin. 

I'm liking him so much that I might just find the time to do Minnie too. 

Enjoy being prissy!

-Prissyville