Once you've mastered our carved pumpkin, try your hand at sugar skull pumpkin painting. Embellish the carving with colorful flowers, patterns, or keep it simple by tracing the outlines with paint.

Jack Skellington pumpkin painting. This is the no-carve method ... Here’s a Jack Skellington pumpkin inspired by a sugar skull.

And who doesn't love a little bit of gold paint to add some glamour to ... If black isn't your thing, Debs has also decorated a pumpkin with a Sugar Skull design. Now, this is for DIY lovers ...

Dia De Los Muertos will come to life on canvas at Painting Paradise, but painting a sugar skull is just one chilling creation you can make at Marionette Taboniar’s Halloween open art studio meet-up.