The end result is fabulous!
But getting there was another story.
It started out great, with helpful and happy kids.
But the lure of toys and playtime with friends quickly grew too powerful. Before the pumpkin were even all cleaned out the kids disappeared and left the adults to tackle the pumpkins.
It didn't seem to bother any of the adults too much. We all kind of got into the carving and creativity behind carving pumpkins. I tried out the cookie cutter and rubber mallet method. Awesome way to carve a pumpkin but my pumpkin was too thick so the cookie cutters could not cut all the way through. But they still provided a great starting point to do my carving from. I made a polka-dotted pumpkin!
With an E for "Enlund" too!
And Chris did a great job on my super big pumpkin!
I think the kid's favorite part was the cookies!
(Our friend Taylor!)
So, pumpkin carving was not much of a kid friendly activity tonight but they thought the end result was pretty cool.
What are you doing with your pumpkins this year?
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The Nitty Gritty!
Need some ideas on what to do with pumpkins that is truly kid friendly? Check out all of these awesome idesa!
Critters and Crayons - pumpkin as vase
Toddler Approved - buttons and ribbons on pumpkins
Nurture Store - looking for a funkier pumpkin? check out this one with glitter, paint and push-pins
The Imagination Tree - beautiful drip-art pumpkins
The Outlaw Mom - no carve pumpkin decorating ideas
And lastly, if you are doing the old fashioned carving thing, like we did, might be a good idea to brush up on the How-To of pumpkin carving!
Quirky Momma - real instructions for carving a pumpkin. I could have used these tonight!
Wow. That is a lot of great idea, with TONS more out there to be found. Thanks to all the great ladies that passed along these fun ideas for me to check out and post for my readers. I hope you will click around and check out what other folks are up to this year with their pumpkins.
All the pumpkins turned out great! And the kids had fun, at least. Haha. This happened to us as well. Luckily we had scooped out the guts one night, for our sensory bin, and then carved them the next, or I'm sure my guy wouldn't have made it as far as he did. He did some of the actual carving for the first time ever.. but quickly lost interest. Which surprised me. You would think little kids would jump at the chance of getting to use sharp and pointy and dangerous objects. Haha.
I love your round up of ideas at the end of your posts. Not only are you showing bloggy love, but you are helping others find lots of fun things to do.
Posted by: Joyce | 10/25/2011 at 07:52 PM
Your big pumpkin is huge, can't believe you carried it out. Such a fun memory. All the pumpkins look great!
Posted by: mom kuhn | 10/26/2011 at 04:42 AM
Your pumpkins are so awesome! The ghost one is amazing!! I can't believe we haven't even actually carved one yet - need to get on that! Looks like your family had so much fun :-) Thanks for sharing our no carve ideas!
Posted by: The Outlaw Mom | 10/26/2011 at 07:34 AM
Whoever said pumpkin carving was for kids anyway? Looks like fun was had by all!
Posted by: Mama Pea Pod | 10/26/2011 at 10:44 AM
I love the size of your pumpkins - we only have middle sized ones that they are trying to tell us are 'large' - I think not!!
Posted by: Kierna | 10/26/2011 at 11:59 AM
I want to try this for once. I never carve pumpkins. :) Looks fun!
Posted by: Priscilla | 10/26/2011 at 02:00 PM
Beautiful results! And thanks so much for linking to our drip art pumpkins!
Posted by: Anna @ The Imagination Tree | 10/26/2011 at 02:08 PM
It looks like big fun!
Posted by: Mom of Toddlers | 01/04/2012 at 05:33 PM