This week we went in search for a pumpkin patch so yours truly could select a pumpkin worthy of decorating. After watching "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" a few too many times, this one really believes that there is a Great Pumpkin and wants to be a ghost with lots of eyes for Halloween...wow media is oh so powerful.
Well, our search was a bit anticlimactic since we ended up scrounging around in the pumpkin bin at our closest Walmart, but we found a lovely pumpkin in the end.
Wanting to avoid the mess involved with carving and because we want to eat it later, we opted for a cleaner decorating option involving craft foam, scissors, markers, and adhesive. This turned out to be something a three year old could actually handle too! She picked the colored foam and drew the parts (including hair, ears, and arms), I cut them out and added adhesive and she placed them on the pumpkin. We have lots of foam so we can even make more parts to change things up similar to Mr. Potato Head, but Ms. H is convinced this is a "she" so we've resorted to calling her Ms. Pumpkin Head.
Note: double sided tape doesn't work very well with the foam. I'm going to try adhesive velcro when I remember to pick some up.
Sticky back velcro dots stick much better to the pumpkin and foam. We made some more interchangeable parts too!
I had some extra fabric and came across this great peasant skirt tutorial. The fabric I used was stretchy but it worked okay. I would have loved to have serged the edges and sewn them overlapping on the right-side, but uhh no serger and no extra time. I did attempt a lettuce edge on the hem, which I've decided is definitely the easiest way to handle the hem with stretchy fabric. Hmmm, must find some fabric to whip one of these up for me!
I'm probably the last person to try this super easy tutorial to make baby legs. I've had multiple pairs of socks in my stash for a while, and I finally got around to making them. They were so easy (I think I finished 3 pairs in a half hour), and they are about 3 times cheaper than the $10/pair already made from the store. They also double as arm warmers for my super skinny 3 year old who wants to wear everything her baby sister is wearing. Good thing we're traveling in a cooler climate so I can put these to good use!
A dear friend is having a baby soon, so we celebrated yesterday with lots of ice cream and other yummy treats. I wanted to share the printables in case anyone else wanted to use them. I obviously went the simplistic route...go crazy and let me know if you use them!
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