Sunday, October 30th, 2011 · 5 Comments

Just because I can’t carve a pumpkin…

Instead of carving, we decided to paint our pumpkins this year.  Who said Halloween had to be about Jack-o-Lanterns?  Due to my irrational fear of using knives, I coaxed my boys into thinking it would be cool to make Angry Bird pumpkins.  Thankfully, they thought that it was the coolest idea.  So, I pulled out my rubbermaid tote full of long forgotten acrylic paints, and we went to work.

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This is what I get everytime I ask Al to smile for the camera.
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And a photo of our final creation – “Angry Birds Halloween” by the Wise boys.
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In the midst of all of this, I learned how to use a little handheld sewing machine (see those pig ears? Yup, sewn by me) I am just as proud of our Angry Birds pumpkin family as are my kids.  Now, I really should dust off my sewing machine and truly learn to sew. That has been on my “to learn” list for about 7 years now – which is when I received it as a wedding present!

Carving pumpkins is definitely not on that list. I’ll stick with convincing my kids that painting them instead is super cool.

5 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Tara R. // Oct 31, 2011 at 8:56 am

    This is a very cool idea, and so much more little kid friendly! Love the Angry Bird theme, too funny.
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  • 2 Caroline // Oct 31, 2011 at 9:13 am

    I LOVE this! And I love his cheeseball smile. ;)

  • 3 Me and my Pokeboys // Oct 31, 2011 at 9:17 pm

    [...] Caroline: I LOVE this! And I love his cheeseball smile. ;) … [...]

  • 4 Mom Blog Society // Nov 1, 2011 at 11:31 am

    Those are so cute!
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  • 5 Donna // Nov 3, 2011 at 9:38 pm

    Adorable little painters, imaginative pumpkins and great way to stay away from knives…but what about the delicious pumpkin seeds held captive inside the painted birds?? Yeah, how do you think they feel?? ;)

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