Pumpkin Pal

Fall is coming and I couldn't be more excited! I love Fall for so many reasons. I'll spare you and not list all those reasons for now. However, I spotted one of the first signs of Fall in the grocery store the other day and couldn't resist. There was a bin of mini pumpkins so I thought it would be fun to let Landry pick one out. She thought it was pretty neat for a while, but then she just gave it back to me because she didn't really know what she was supposed to do with it. This gave me a mission...to find something creative for Landry to do with this pumpkin. So today, I went to Michaels and picked up some WASHABLE paint, paint brushes, and some pipe cleaners. I let Landry paint her pumpkin with as many colors as she wanted.

Just look at that concentration.

You can tell she is very pleased with her work.

Once the pumpkin dried I added pipe-cleaner hair. I let Landry glue eyes on the pumpkin. This took a while because she kept putting them on and taking them back off. I also had her help me draw a mouth.

Last, I had to put a bow in her hair. Here is our finished pumpkin pal!