Pumpkin Fun

The only right way to start off this post is with some pictures of our cutest little pumpkin!

I came home from Bunco at the beginning of the month with one of those mini pumpkins. Logan thought it was the best new thing, carrying it around with him all weekend. So, when we went to the pumpkin patch and he picked out some of various sizes for our house, we had to get to decorating... in more ways than one!

It started with painting 3 of them.

Why are they on the shelf of my hutch instead of outside?
Because, if we paint with a 3 yr old, we use washable paint! I would hate for them to get rained on and for us to have to start all over! Hmm... Logan might enjoy that though!


And then came the carving fun.
The only thing about this activity is that I was really the one to do most of the "work" and since my son is not a real big fan of strange smells and sticky things, his interest didn't last as long as I had hoped! I usually describe him as "all boy" but in this post, that's not the case!

Pumpkin BEFORE

DURING
I wish I had a close-up of that face!

The ONLY time his hand dug in deep.
He kept making the sniffing noise and saying "ooh, stinky!"

This part he liked.

I bought a book with a lot of templates to choose from and he was SURE about wanting the ghost cut-out! All he had to do was poke the screwdriver-like tool into the little holes and then I used the saw to connect the dots. If I'm honest, he did about 1/3 of the all those little dots!

He was very proud of "our" finished product!!

Once it was dark I showed him what the purpose of the cutout was and he really liked this!