Pumpkin Carving

Our last activity for Saturday was carving pumpkins.  We usually only do the Mr. Potato Head push-in decorations because it allows the kids to do the decorating mostly themselves.  But I had bought some carving patterns and tools on clearance last year so we decided to try carving the pumpkins this year.

We tried really hard to get the kids to scoop out the insides but they were not at all thrilled with the idea.  Rylan and I worked together.  I pulled out most of the seeds and then tried to get him to scrape the sides.  He put his hand in a couple of times with the tool but I don't think he actually got anything out before giving up.

Carter worked with Brian and was a little more willing.  I think he pulled out two handfuls of seeds before giving up.  There were lots of eww's and bad faces but at least he tried it!

Carter helped Brian with punching the pattern he picked out on the pumpkin and then Brian did the actually carving.  Rylan didn't help me at all.  We had a football game on, and he decided he wanted to watch it on the couch (and fell asleep in about 2 minutes).  We decided it was time for bed and finished the carving ourselves.

I did the skeleton for Rylan and Brian did the ghost for Carter.

The boys were super excited to see the pumpkins in the morning.  And since they get up when it is still pitch black outside, I was able to easily light them up for them.