This year Hunter and Avery both expressed the desire to carve their own pumpkins. I was itching for a craft and figure they could use a "trial run" so off to Michaels we headed. We grabbed up some craft pumpkins and they each began sketching ideas of what they wanted to do with theirs. 
Hunter fairly quickly decided he was going to make a bat and began drawing ideas for faces. Avery needed some suggestions but once she was told who Frankenstein was, she was all about making her pumpkin "be like that guy." Emma realizing that something fun was happening and bummed when mom wouldn't let her use a big girl pencil settled for a real paintbrush minus the paint to pretend to paint her baby pumpkin. Happy at least to get to sit at the big table with big brother and sister all by herself. 
Once designs had been finalized and drawn with pencil on their pumpkins, all paint had been applied it was time to carve. Once we showed them and got them started they did pretty much all of it on their own. Every now and again their little carving knife would get stuck in a wierd spot or they needed help getting it poked in to start somewhere new. Other than that they took their time and did an awesome job.
Emma got to take a couple of actually brush swipes to her pumpkin when we painted it purple. I carved the word BOO in hers since it is one of her most recent new words. 
She will come up to you and put her hands out and shout BOO! BOO! and then start giggling. Sometimes she will try to hide behind things or around a corner and pop out and say boo to Hunter or Ave. They are really good about pretending to be scared which she then feels very proud of herself for. It is so cute that she happened to learn this word right before Halloween. I decided to make her pumpkin a spider since she knows that words. She was very intrigued by its pipe cleaner legs.
Finally they were finished and we were really impressed with the job the kids did. Hunter's bat complete with foam wings turned out awesome. I love the fanged smile he created. 
Avery with "Frank" as she calls him for short. She drew and carved the fact by herself. Good job missy. 
Emma and I with our BOO spider already with a battery operated tea light inside. She kept wanting to hold him which was difficult considering all of his furry fragile apendages.
These three now greet people at the front of the house as you walk up. The kids love seeing them when they come home from school sitting out front. Fun.
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