SAY no to SEEDS - and Yes to Turkey's!

I've decided to go a new direction this SEASON. The mess, the candles, the SCOOPING SEEDS, the deteriorating pumpkin carcass on my doorstep could take a SABBATICAL this year. I'm calling it the Going Green - recycle friendly option. We're painting them for Halloween and then SCRUBBING off the faces
so we can turn them into the cutest turkey's you've ever seen for Thanks Giving.


Am I anti-Halloween tradition you ask? Certainly not! We are painting our pumpkins this year and LOVING every minute of it. I have a new plan in store. Inspired by a trip to my local greenhouse I SNATCHED some pics of their cute painted pumpkins and went to town. The first picture is my masterpiece (ok STOP laughing, I'm really proud). The braces have SENTIMENTAL value...



I SWIPED this cute face idea for another project. Using my girls outgrown clothes, I STUFFED SCARECROWS and put them on the porch bench with painted pumpkins for the heads... it's cute, but a little SPOOKY to see my girls replicas with pumpkin heads on top. I found that the best idea was to use tights and turtlenecks for the body and then cover it up with a dress to mask any lumps and bumps in the STUFFING process.


Last year my girls had SUCH a good time making Turkey Pumpkins. We went on a walk and collected the prettiest fall foliage we could find to dress up our birds. We talked about the SEASONS and nature and holidays. This would work wonderfully for a Family Home Evening activity. Or you could do a SPOOKY night with flashlights SEARCHING for leaves, nuts, pine cones, sticks, you name it.


My kids love to paint so any opportunity for them to paint without tons of SUPERVISION is always a happy experience. I let them free paint the pumpkins first. Once they dried I got out the old Glue Gun and the art supplies we had on hand. We used Popsicle sticks and inserted them into the pumpkin with a beautiful leaf hot glued on the end to act as the Feathers. Pine cones for the head, some pipe cleaner and colored cotton balls all added to the experience. Put your own STYLE into it and SEE what SURFACES.

It's a guaranteed good time for the whole family and you'll have extended the life of your pumpkin purchase out another month .

That's SAVVY SAVINGS.






Might I just SAY... there is nothing I love more than a pumpkin patch and an apple orchard. Does it get any better than Fall????? I love the whole SEASON!!!