Pumpkin Art

It's that time of year!  We love carving pumpkins and making spooky jack o' lanterns each October.  Luckily, my kids will still wear Halloween shirts, too, which delights me.  This year, the children drew sketches of what they wanted their finished pumpkins to look like, and this artistic endeavor took them several hours.  Mark and I sat in the family room reading (entire chapters of books!) while L&L diligently drew their designs on paper.  Yes, we're in a sweet spot, and we love it!  When it was time to carve, Daddy handled the knives, the kids scooped out the pulp, and Mommy roasted pumpkin seeds:   

In addition to carving jack o' lanterns, we created special themed pumpkins which coordinate with our costumes.  There may be a Star Wars vibe around here this year, and the kids transformed plain orange pumpkins into Yoda and Darth Vader with a little paint and some neat accessories:

We got such a kick out of these creations, and the kids happily posed with their pumpkin art, since we just happened to have a Darth Vader mask and Yoda ears on hand:

What fun pumpkin art this year with our little Star Wars characters!