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Preparing for Pumpkins 2012

We made it to the pumpkin patch today. 


We have a bunch of cuties. And I'm really loving the clown costumes. (I had a hat for Maddie, too, but it's gone missing. Not sure if it would actually stick in her hair, though).

Funny, we don't usually buy any pumpkins at the patch. Usually we buy them at Walmart or something where the money stretches further. This time we actually did because we had a specific pumpkin project in mind. 

I've been collecting ideas on how we can decorate our pumpkins this year (see the options i collected below). After showing the girls some different ideas, Sophia wanted to melt some crayons on hers, then drill holes in it... Zoe wanted to paint hers and then do a diorama inside it. Funny how quickly Sophia forgot her plan, though... I was grabbing her crayons and before I could she had started painting. Real fun, though. Their pumpkins are both painted cutely. Zoe still plans to do a diorama in her's. 

We bought a giant pumpkin we plan to decorate (method still TBD) and then put Maddie inside it for some more fun pics. Fall seems so easy to be creative with. 


Pumpkin Decorating Methods

Go Oldschool & Carve (Do it if you like a TRADITION & Getting MESSY)
  • Freehand- this is how we did it when i was a kid and it was creative, messy & fun. You can't go wrong. Unless you want to skip the mess. 
  • Stencil
  • Diorama
Drilling (Do it if you like SIMPLE & FUN- great stress reliever, too ;)
  • Design, drill, add lights
  • Drill & use as vase for flowers
Painting- (Do it if you like SAFE & CREATIVE) 
Embellish (Do it if you like CLEAN & FAST)

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