Thursday, October 24, 2013

Pumpkin season, Part 2: Painting pumpkins


Our Georgia grands set to work embellishing pumpkins from a pumpkin patch foray earlier that crisp October Sunday afternoon during a visit from Husband Walter and me.

Luke, 


Nate, and 


Stella all worked on small pumpkins. 


Charlie picked a bigger pumpkin to create a larger-than-life feline. 

Granddaughter Charlie had a school assignment to decorate a pumpkin as a literary character. She chose the fairy tale protagonist Puss in Boots.

Before visiting the pumpkin patch, Charlie had found a hat that struck her fancy. She equipped it with an animal print ribbon as a band and a feather leftover from previous family projects. 

She attached the feather with silver duct tape. I thought the duct tape was a clever touch and looked like a sizeable silver clasp perfect for the feline character’s attire. 

I admit my enthusiasm for the duct tape clasp could actually have been the effect of a proud grandma’s predisposition for enthusiastic approval of the entire project.

A proud Charlie poses with Puss in Boots. 


7 comments:

  1. Oh, Charlie did beautifully! And I see the detail and precise beauty in her painting, too! I had our girls use markers, but I think the paint looks better, it really makes the features pop!!

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  2. Sweet photos of the Grands.
    I love the little concentration tongue.
    I sort of miss the little ones and all the pumpkin decorations.

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  3. Ha, Stella is just as serious decorating as she was picking the perfect pumpkin.
    Charlie did a terrific job with hers. Very creative. Both boys are really into their craft.
    What a great idea for the kids.

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  4. Don't you just love to watch their creativity when decorating pumpkins. So cute!!!

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  5. Looks just like old Puss.

    Love stella's tongue at work. Dianne

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  6. Loved the cute pictures of the 'grands' while they were hard at work on their pumpkins :)

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