Kate and Emily were at preschool while I made my pumpkin, but they spied the other pumpkins and demanded to make their own crafts. 🙂
So after nap I pulled out some green paint and some foam Halloween stamps. Kate was horrified that I wouldn’t get her pink paint, but she came around eventually.
I spread the paint out in a thin layer so that it would be easier to stamp and let the girls go to town.
The upside of this method was that it was remarkable unmessy for a painting activity.
The downside is that the stamps totally don’t show up because the pumpkin is curved.
The girls loved the novelty of stamping on the pumpkins, but this would obviously work better on paper if you want the actually stamps to show. We might try that next week.
Still, the girls were thrilled and that’s what matters to me. 🙂