This year I waited too late and couldn't find regular orange pumpkins. I picked up this last overpriced, noncarvable weirdest pumpkin as a last minute one.
As you can imagine my pumpkin was laughed at and made fun of.
I kinda liked the weirdness of it.
A few days later I saw that Kroger had a new stock of pumpkins come in and I grabbed 3 as quickly as I could. My kids were so excited to have there own regular orange pumpkins.
The past few years we have either painted or glued things on our pumpkins and haven't carved them. This year we decided we would carve them. Baby A had never carved a pumpkin before so she was a bit confused but it all.
She wasn't so sure about the inside guts either.
It was right down my boys alley and they dug right in.
Scooter had his cleaned out in no time. The boys drew their own faces on their pumpkins and I drew a puppy face on Baby A's pumpkin. (she is obsessed with dogs).
After we (Tim and I did the carving) started carving them, we quickly remembered why we always painted them before. Carving is no easy task and boy is it messy!
Baby A with her puppy pumpkin
Scooter with his creation
Rascal with his creation.
These didn't last long. The southern heat and humidity made them mold within a few days but they made it through Halloween and the weird one...... well it's staying on my table through Thanksgiving.
Great job on the pumpkins! Did you make anything with the insides? I've never done it but thought I might give it a try next year. I'm liking the weird green one. I think it'd look great with some gourds or squash or both. I love the harvest look!
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