So like I've said before, today was a busy day for me because I decided to be a good sister and took Eva (my little sis) and her friends to a pumkin farm. It was a really fun-filled day for all of us and the kids were so-oh-excited about everything.
BFF's start young.
Ghostbusters!
Ms. Janek.
Billy Bob the 'Goat'.
The start of our corn maze adventure, in which we were lost senseless. Normal people probably would've gotten out after 30-40 minutes. This maze took us about more than an hour. Oh well, it was so much fun and such a good work out... ok, not really. But it was still fun. ^_^
Little poser!
Big poser!
Spider rings.
How to carve a pumpkin. Well, to those who don't know:
Here are our hand-pinked pumpkins. (If your busy daily routine doesn't lead you and your family to a pumpkin farm, you could easily still get these babies at Pick N' Save or any grocery markets). The little one is for little Eva baby. To me I don't necessarily think sizes matter, but you could totally pick the larger one just so it gives you more room to work with. Feel free to put a lot of used newspapers on the floor before any carving activities. It'll get real dirty real fast.
So you would need a carving kit if you've never done this before, like me... as I did not even know we were supposed to have that! I thought using a regular knife would have been fine but No! That would've been unsafe, especially if you have little kids in the picture. Anyways, my girlfriend was being a life-saver like always and got us these kits from the dollar store. So note to self: "Buy a pumpkin carving kit next time." I think the dollar store one worked just fine for us, but if you would like to do this for more than one time, I would recommend investing in a bit more expensive kit.
Cut off the top of the pumpkin. You'll have to saw and wiggle a bit before it comes cleanly out. It was tedious work for sure since I have flimsy arms, and in addition am the one who picked out the biggest pumpkin in the group. LOL. You definitely need a lot of arm strength to carve a pumpkin. Go to the gym daily if you need to.
The kit that we got came with a booklet of different stencils. Pick out your favorite and use a small pen/toothpick to poke the outline onto the pumpkin.
Something like this. That is it. Now carve away guys!
And tah-dah! Our final projects. Put the tops back on. My little monster didn't come out quite as detailed really because I didn't know I was supposed to use a smaller saw for carving fine features. Oh well, now he looks like Sully from Monster Inc. And look at Eva's, how adorable!
All lit up.
Her haunted house looks pretty amazing, doesn't it? Spending time with loved ones without fail is a fun, lovely thing to do. There are so many gorgeousness during the fall season so go out there and just enjoy yourself. Love is important so share it, doesn't matter how young or how old. And Halloween is sneaking up around the corner, hope everybody got their candy-bows and costumes ready.
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYONE. LOVE ALL.
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