Pumpkin Picking and Apple Crafting

Last week it rained leaves all over town, buckets and bucket of leaves!  Covering our yard and driveway and filling our gutters completely.  The temperatures dropped and our Sunday walk to the neighborhood Fall Festival felt a whole lot more like early winter than late fall.

We stayed just long enough to see a few friends, take a tractor hayride, pick our pumpkins and then hurry back home to warm up...

This upcoming week is always a busy one, especially when Halloween falls on a weekday.  We've got school parties, parades and last minute costume adjustments on the agenda.  Charlie started sniffling and coughing yesterday, I just hope he doesn't come down with a nasty cold right before Halloween.  For his classmates we put together a fun little craft that I thought we'd share with you...

We stamped small jute bags with apples cut to look like jack-o-lanterns and filled them with Halloween s'mores and a few spooky spiders. The bags were purchased here.  I cut the pumpkin shape using a paring knife and bamboo skewer.  Then brushed on acrylic craft paint with a sponge tip brush and held it on the fabric for about 10-20 seconds.

Once dry, I added a painted leaf.  Super fast craft.  Less than 15 minutes and Charlie helped do the stamping.

Lastly, I celebrated my birthday on Saturday!!  The day started with a Halloween themed relay swim meet and ended with an incredible dinner at my parents.