Although pumpkin carving is a fun tradition to do in October, we learned last year that it's not really the best use of pumpkins when you live in a hot desert. After about a day, the pumpkins start to shrivel up from the hot sun and look awful (see above). So this year, we decided we would paint our pumpkins. And being the mom of preschoolers, I had 2 very willing artists. So I got a couple paint brushes and some washable paint and we went for it.
Miss M making her rainbow pumpkin
I painted faces on them and the girls got to pick what colors and shapes I used. Notice the green ears with pink star earrings.
Little bro watching.. we decided to let him have a turn painting and made a footprint pumpkin for him. I thought putting paint on his feet was less dangerous than putting paint on the hands.
Miss O and her pink/blue/yellow pumpkin
with a jack o lantern face...
The artists after they were all done. I was trying to get a pic of the paint on their clothes but they actually look pretty clean. I think I need to purchase some smocks.
I painted faces on them and the girls got to pick what colors and shapes I used. Notice the green ears with pink star earrings.
Little bro watching.. we decided to let him have a turn painting and made a footprint pumpkin for him. I thought putting paint on his feet was less dangerous than putting paint on the hands.Miss O and her pink/blue/yellow pumpkin with a jack o lantern face... The artists after they were all done. I was trying to get a pic of the paint on their clothes but they actually look pretty clean. I think I need to purchase some smocks.Stay tuned for costume pics...
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