The air is cooling down, the trees are turning red, gold and yellow. Most of the garden has been harvested and pumpkin everything season is here.
A trip to the local pumpkin patch and corn maze marked the official beginning of fall for me and my family. This year, My four year old daughter Yuna decided to make it her business to try everything they had there. She danced to the live music, rode the zoo animal train, played mini golf, and pet the goats. We enjoyed fresh strawberry lemonade , soft giant pretzels, and delicious pumpkin muffins and pumpkin bread.
Of course, last but not least, Yuna picked out the perfect Halloween pumpkin.
Since Yuna is only four, I opted out of craving the pumpkins into jack o lanterns and instead brought out the soy based paint to paint them instead. The paint, being water based and non toxic seemed like the best option.
Yuna followed my lead like a pro, painting her pumpkin with a great big happy smile and adding black and red striped on the back. She even managed to keep most of the paint off her hands and clothes. Since the paint is water soluble, the little bit she did get on her clothes washed away easily in the next load of laundry.
Lastly, after the paint dried, I sprayed the pumpkins down with a clear paint finish. These will be sitting outside on the porch and it would be a shame if the paint melted away the first time it rained.
All in all, I think they turned out to be a great success!
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