Carving Punkins

After our trip to the orchard....we went back to Frog and Jenna's to carve pumpkins!!! I was super excited about this, because I'd never before {by myself} carved a pumpkin! I've been part of group carving adventures, but never a solo carving.

First, we let the kiddos have their moment painting pumpkins. We waited until they were napping to bring out all the sharp tools and get to work.

They had much fun - and as far as we know, no one ate any paint!

Then...the big kids got to work. Take a look at some of the prep portion of our day:

 Pumpkin slime = so. so. gross.

 At Adelaide's request, Jenna attempted a Dorothy pumpkin. This is her pre-carving freak-out face.

 Frog, the pumpkin carving guru, went for a minion.

 Working on the pattern. Yes. I poked holes through a paper. Don't judge me.

 Ryan, diligently working on his pumpkin.

 I kind of wanted to call it done here...just in case it never got any better. LOL!!

 Playing with knives!!

 The minion taking shape. Frog and Jenna are experts and are into the whole pumpkin shaving thing.

 The friends who carve together...are still friends ten years later!!

So here were the finished products, and we put this picture on Facebook to take a vote. {We didn't say who did which pumpkin.}

Close-ups of each one:

I thought they all turned out REALLY REALLY cute!!!

And here we are claiming our works of art:

It was so much fun!!