Not one that we grew in our garden, actually. We went to a pumpkin patch with a group from our church. We got to go out in the field and find our pumpkin and then we met up with our group to carve them. My criteria for a good pumpkin was one that had a good stem handle and that was small enough that the girls could carry it.
Here are Anna and Josie carving the pumpkin:
After we carved it I noticed that they had a bunch of paint at the next table over, so then we painted the pumpkin:
Very serious business:
They kept painting for a long time. In the end most of the colors were all painted over with another color, too. He was a very colorful pumpkin.
As we were painting a storm was blowing in. It got quite blustery by the end and I rushed to get the girls in the car out of the flying debris and rain. The pumpkin had to wait until I could get back for him after the girls were safely in their seats in the van, so on top of the paint he got a good coating of dirt and straw that was flying around in the wind:
I thought he looked pretty fun, quite unique to our family and the interests of the girls.
2 comments:
Oh, that is very serious work. Glad you left the pumpkin and got those girls inside. It would have been funny to see them covered with pieces of straw. What a fun outing. Did the girls enjoy seeing a much bigger garden than theirs?
Grandma Jo
Now that's a decorated pumpkin! You have artisyic children!
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