Halloween Creativity?

So, I should let it be known that Mommy Heck will never, ever claim to be creative in the least. However, I will fully admit that we have fun in the Heck household with whatever we are doing.... including painting some of our Halloween pumpkins. Last weekends festive project involved Thomas & Abby each painting their chosen pumpkin. It was fun. It was even funnier to see how each one wanted to "design" theirs.

Here is the blank canvas

Abby took the "hands on" approach and wanted the paint on her pumpkin as well as on her. Notice the paint all over... with the exception of her hair. Although, I have no idea how it didn't wind up there too. She had a blast. The only thing I really had to continue to help her with was turning the pumpkin so she could get it painted on all sides and also a little assistance with getting the paint brush out of the paint cup. Not too bad for 14 months old. And of course, the most important thing is... her pumpkin is adorable.

Thomas displaying his work of art. Thomas was hilarious to watch. He is very systematic. He would test the color of paint first on the art paper and then find the "perfect" spot on the pumpkin to paint that color. He even decided to paint the stalk yellow. Again... a beautiful master piece by the oldest Heck.
A fully satisfied customer at the end of the project. Now I only hope that cutting Halloween faces and scooping out the inside "guts" goes OK this weekend with my two munchkins. Something tells me that it will be messy.