Looking for some last-minute Halloween fun? Try painting pumpkins

When Vancouver'sMei Yuwas growing up, she loved arts and crafts but she didn't have anyone to teach her how to do them.

She learned to drawanimeon her own, and forced herself to be creative.

"I didn't have any art teachers, there was no YouTube, no Internet I had to teach myself how to do everything," she said.

Now she helps young people in similar situationsby producing a series of short videos that demonstrate how just about anyone can craft.

Yu'sFun2drawchannel onYouTubehas more than one million subscribers. Viewers learn how to draw cartoon characters, movie starsand animals.

And shehas a special craft just in time for the Halloween season: pumpkin painting.

Learn how toturn a tiny pumpkin into a sprinkled doughnut andwatchhostGloria Macarenkotryto paint one too, on CBC'sOur Vancouver.

You can also learn how to turn a pumpkin into Pikachu, or Jack Skellington, on Yu's YouTube channel.

With files from CBC'sOur Vancouver