Carving pumpkins

Submitted by Sara on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 11:29pm

Last week we were unable to go on our field trip to the farm because of a sick kid, so we carved our pumpkins instead. It was a chilly day, so I didn't mind the indoor activity. The kids' carving personalities haven't changed. Ellie still likes the messiness and William prefers the hands-off creative design aspect.


Scary kids, scary pumpkins

He designed the skull and crossbones and the zombie pumpkin (he thought the zombie turned out even scarier than the skull). He specifically chose a white pumpkin for the skull design. The zombie and crossbones were grown by chance in our compost pile in the woods. The rotted hole turned into a fun feature. Ellie's princess pumpkin was designed by Eliana herself. William and I chose a nice, round pumpkin for her while she was at preschool one day.

We roasted up some seeds from each of the pumpkins and they were all delicious! I wish we'd saved more because they were gone within the afternoon. Yummy!