After I bought two pumpkins, a friend with a big garden gave me three more! I decided one trip to the hospital this year was enough though, so we're not cutting any more pumpkins to make jack-o'-lanterns this year! (My son's hand slipped while carving one of them this week, and he ended up with stitches. You can read about that here.)
Yesterday, I started thinking about different ways to decorate our remaining pumpkins. I was tempted to look for ideas on Pinterest, but instead decided to see what I could come up with on my own. I made four very different pumpkins - and I really can't decide which I like best!
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| My four pumpkin creations - - and the culprit that cost my son a trip to the emergency room! |
I approached this craft project with absolutely no idea of what the finished pumpkins would look like. I have a lot of sewing notions and crafting supplies left over from other projects, and I looked to these for inspiration. It is best to keep an open mind, and let the personality of the pumpkin emerge. Here are some tips. ...
... To read the rest of this post, and see more photos and some directions for making pumpkins like these, just click here.
This post was previously published as How to Decorate a Pumpkin - Without Using a Knife! on my blog,the most - - of every moment.
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