Eager to turn your pumpkin into an adorably creative statement piece this Halloween? Look no further than the oh-so-cute Pink Pig! From Three Little Pigs to pigs in a pen, children’s tales are full of inspiration for no-carve pumpkin ideas. Get the kids involved in your next holiday decoration project and show off your pumpkin pig with pride. With so many tales to draw inspiration from, you’ll be sure to make a unique pumpkin that celebrates this fun-filled holiday. You can choose between using real pumpkins or faux versions so that they will be around for longer. So what are you waiting for ? Take inspiration from these adorable piggy pumpkin ideas.
1. Pink Piggy
To make your own Pink Piggy, you’ll need your favorite variety of pumpkin, some acrylic paints, and a few accessories to create the signature snout and tail. Use pink and white to make the piggy, or mix and match colors to make your own unique creation.
Supplies
- Artificial or real pumpkin (a round one works best)
- Pink spray paint or acrylic paint
- Foam sheets (pink and darker pink for ears and snout)
- Black buttons or googly eyes
- Glue gun & glue sticks
- Scissors
Drill (if using a real pumpkin for the snout holes)
Instructions
Apply pink paint to the pumpkin and allow to dry. Take some pink foam and cut a circle big enough for a pig’s nose.
– Use a drill (if you have one) or make two small holes in it for the nostrils.
– Stick it to the front of a pumpkin with hot glue.
– Get some black buttons or googly eyes and glue them above the snout to make a cute piggy face.
– Cut out two big triangles from pink foam for the pig’s ears.
– Cut two smaller triangles from darker pink foam and stick them inside the bigger ones for more detail.
– Use hot glue to attach the ears to the top of the pumpkin.
2. Pumpkin Pig Pen
Create an adorable fall scene with this Pumpkin pig pen made from a crate and hey while butternut squashes painted pink make the ‘piglets’.
Supplies
- 3-4 pumpkins (one large for the mama pig, 2-3 smaller for piglets)
- Pink spray paint or acrylic paint
- Foam sheets (pink and darker pink for ears and snouts)
- Black buttons or googly eyes
- Small wooden crate or basket
- Hay or raffia (for added farmyard effect)
- Glue gun & glue sticks
- Scissors
- Brown pipe cleaners (for curly tails – optional)
Instructions
Spray paint the pumpkins pink and allow to dry. Next, cut small circles from pink foam to make pig noses. Poke or drill two small holes in each nose for nostrils. Use hot glue to stick the noses onto the pumpkins. Add black buttons or googly eyes above the noses for eyes. Cut triangles from pink foam to make ears. Add smaller, darker pink triangles inside the ears for detail. Bend the ears a little and glue them on the top sides of the pumpkins. Put hay or raffia in a small wooden crate to make it look like a farm. Place the biggest pumpkin on top as the mama pig and put the smaller pumpkins under it as piglets.
3. Three Little Pigs
Take inspiration from a childhood favorite – Three Little pigs and paint your pumpkins just like them. You could turn this into a whole activity and tell little ones the story while getting them to paint their piggy no carve pumpkins.
Supplies
- 3 small round pumpkins
- Pink spray paint or acrylic paint
- Foam sheets (pink & darker pink for ears and snouts)
- Googly eyes or black buttons
- Brown sticks or dowels (for “straw,” “sticks,” and “brick” effect)
- Brown pipe cleaners (for curly tails)
- Hot glue gun & glue sticks
- Scissors
- Pink poster board or sign for display (optional)
Instructions
After the pumpkins are painted pink, make pig noses by cutting small circles out of pink foam. Make two holes in the foam to look like nostrils.Use hot glue to stick the noses onto the center of the pumpkins. Glue on googly eyes or black buttons above the noses. Cut pig ear shapes out of pink foam and add a smaller dark pink piece for detail. Stick the ears to the top of the pumpkins. You can also make a sign that says “My Chinny Chin Chin” using pink poster board.
