So what do you have when ghouls, ghosts, and goblins surround your house?
It's Halloween!
In preparation for this most spooktacular day, we started our new tradition of carving pumpkins on Hollow's eve. We've collected quite a few pumpkins in the last couple of weeks while going to several pumpkin patches, corn mazes, and doing general kid-friendly Fall themed activities. It was time for our new pumpkins to get all dolled up for the holiday.
Here are a few pumpkin picking photos. Olive has a pretty good eye for picking the roundest, most perfect ones, so we let her have at it. All the decision making also took a toll on her, so we even let her nap for a bit (cute little stinker!)
So on to the slash fest-- (eek sounds morbid)
We had one really big pumpkin, and two tiny ones (Olive's picks). We decided to have a carve-a-thon and cut up all three. For the record, the big one was by far the easiest to carve.
I found this cute idea online to trace Olive's hands on paper and use those as our pumpkins flirty-lashed eyes and top it off with some pretty lips. Very cute and easy indeed!
We started by taking our punkin' guts out and getting the 'kins ready for carving. We saved all the seeds for baking and roasting later and thought we'd let Olive get all ooey gooey with the rest of the innards. Most kids love squishy... or so I thought. Little O didn't want any part of it. So she sat back and watched as Mom and Dad dug deep to clean the pumpkins out. After a few minutes, I let Steve finish up with the pumpkin pillaging while Olive and I started tracing her chubby little hands. So cute. I get all sniffly thinking about her little hands. Sometimes, I wish she could just stay so small forever and ever. sigh...
I cut out her little paper hands, scotch taped them strategically onto our big pumpkin so that they looked like pretty little eyes. Then I drew the lady pumpkin’s lips and TA-DA! Easy-peasy.. Adorbs!
And now for a little more Halloween humor...
Why was the skeleton afraid to cross the road?
It had no guts…
How do witches keep their hair in place when flying?
They use ‘scare-spray’.
How do monsters tell their fortune?
They read the ‘horrorscopes’.
Do zombies eat popcorn with their fingers?
No. They eat the fingers separately.
Why can’t skeletons play music in church?
Because they have no organs.
Why isn’t Dracula invited to parties?
Because he’s a ‘pain in the neck’.
What is a vampire’s favorite ice cream flavor?
Vein-illa.
What do ghosts use to shampoo their hair?
Sham-boo.
What kind of pants do ghosts wear?
Boo-jeans.
What do skeletons say before eating?
Bone-Appetit’.
What does a child monster call his parents?
Mummy and Deady.
What rides do ghosts like best at the amusement park?
The roller ghoster.
What kind of car does a ghost drive?
A Boo-ick.
What kind of streets to zombies like best?
Dead Ends.
Hope everyone has a FANG-tastic Halloween this year!
Have a fun and safe one!
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