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Here’s my little Elmo all dressed up ready to go out and get some loot:

Along the way she met up with a little giraffe (at least, that’s what I think he was. He was cute regardless):

Earlier in the day, I was hard at work carving the pumpkin with Ava’s assistance:

And here is the end result of this year’s pumpkin carving:

We live in a great neighborhood for Halloween. There are lots of kids and we sure do get a lot of traffic come October 31st. Every year I carve a pumpkin, and I like to try different designs. Here are a few of my pumpkins that I’ve carved over the years. Feel free to copy any of the designs for your pumpkin!

Mr. Scary Pirate Dude

Mr. Boo Ghostface

Mr. Hanging Out In The Graveyard Dude

Miss Fly By Night

Mr. I Will Eat You and Anything That Gets In My Way

Miss Freaky Kitty

My husband, daughter and I decided to do a Halloween craft tonight. Since my daughter is only 2 years old, she is too small to carve a pumpkin because I can only imagine the bodily harm that would occur should we give her a knife. Not a good idea! So, instead, we painted pumpkins. I will still carve my traditional pumpkin, but I thought it would be a nice idea if we each painted one, so that Ava could be involved. It’s a much cleaner alternative for those of you who hate cleaning out the pumpkin and digging around for the seeds. All you need is:

• a pumpkin
• some acrylic paints
• paintbrush

Make sure you clean the outside of your pumpkin really well before you begin. I also suggest that you lay some garbage bags or newspaper down on your table, otherwise you will have a different color table when your child is done with it.

Here are the results of our evening of painting:

Can you guess who painted each pumpkin?