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decorate your pumpkin with paper.

by Allison on October 27, 2009 in Family, family_holiday · 13 comments

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My kids have been chomping at the bit {pardon the cowboy expression, I’m feeling ranch-ish today} to carve our pumpkins. We don’t usually do it until the night before Halloween because of tradition, and pumpkin shrinkage if we do it any earlier. My solution this year? Magazine pumpkin faces.

Cut eyes, ears, mouths, & noses from magazines and pin them onto your pumpkins. My kids loved this and it gave me a few days of reprieve before the pumpkin cutting begins.

Mine is on the right, C’s is on the left. For some reason he’s obsessed with pregnant women, so he cut one out for his pumpkin. P is still creating hers. *cough cough*, perfectionist.

Article by Allison Czarnecki

I'm Allison, founder and editor of Petit Elefant. I run the gamut from granola to glamour and love everything in between. I think the beach is always a good idea, as is Diet Dr. Pepper; on ice. Sometimes I put out the fires and sometimes I start them. Sometimes I really do have it all together. Sometimes my children say otherwise. We just like to keep it real around here.

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{ 13 comments }

1 Jill October 27, 2009 at 6:45 pm: awesome idea…love it!
2 Petit Elefant October 27, 2009 at 7:42 pm: Jill,
Thank you! It's pretty fun.
3 Erin O. October 27, 2009 at 7:50 pm: Dude. I pretty much think that everything you do is awesome and should be dipped in glitter, but honey, those pumpkins are CREEEEPY.
And not "Edward Cullen Creepy" but creepy-creepy.
4 Lucy October 27, 2009 at 8:09 pm: Hilarious!
5 Melissa October 27, 2009 at 8:16 pm: What a fun idea!
6 Petit Elefant October 27, 2009 at 9:11 pm: Erin O.
They are a little on the odd side. Which is why they're perfect for Halloween; it's all about the weird on Halloween!
Lucy,
Random huh?
Melissa,
Kind of random but entertaining…
7 Naomi October 27, 2009 at 9:58 pm: What do you make of C's preggo obsession? Hmm…
8 Petit Elefant October 27, 2009 at 11:24 pm: Naomi,
It's kind of random right? Dunno, it might be the fact that I talk about wanting babies day and night.
9 The Breeders Digest October 28, 2009 at 6:37 am: Inspired! Very whimsical. One year we decoupaged our pumpkins (I'm a freak for ModPodge) and they turned out wonderfully!
10 Petit Elefant October 28, 2009 at 10:27 am: Breeders,
I would love to do that. I'm a fellow in the Mod Podge freak society. I'd do my whole house top to bottom if I could.
11 Marie {Make and Takes} October 28, 2009 at 3:03 pm: Pregnant women? C is a hoot!
12 Petit Elefant October 28, 2009 at 4:33 pm: Marie,
who knew? pregnant is the new hot.
13 Trisha October 28, 2009 at 11:17 pm: Thanks for the fun idea, we had a blast doing this today. My 3 year old was in heaven with all the cutting, arranging, pinning, etc. Here's my post about it today! http://trishathemommy.blogspot.com/2009/10/magazine-pumpkin-faces.html