Pumpkin Painting!

On Friday the boys had a pumpkin decorating contest to participate in. There were a lot of students who decided to participate. Gavin and Maddox had fun painting their pumpkins and I was never so glad to be done. They, even Gavin, have no concept of keeping their fingers out of the paint. I understand that they're kids, but WOW! I have never seen such a mess in my life. I laid out newspapers on the dining room table so I wouldn't have to clean it. There was paint all over the table. It was fun though and we'll do it again next year. As Gavin says "It's our tradition!"

The beginning of "Frankenstein"
Gavin had a part in painting Maddox's caterpillar too. He painted the bottoms while Maddox was napping. The rest was up to Maddox.

We did add some stitches later...we forgot about them. Notice Frankenstein's teeth....that's where they had trouble staying out of the paint. I think we fixed them 3 times...the black was taking a while to dry, so I finally decided that Frankenstein was going to have a couple black teeth. Gavin didn't care at all, so neither did I.

All in all it was a fun project.