Friday, October 31, 2014

Celebrate the Small Things-October 31, 2014


It's Friday!  Let's Celebrate the Small Things with VikLit!

I am a co-host, and so are these other wonderful bloggers:

Diana Wilder
Katie @ TheCyborg Mom
CaffeMaggieato @ mscoffeehouse

Happy Halloween!  Let's do a happy dance to celebrate!



My celebrations this week all follow a Halloween theme.

This year, I carved a total of five pumpkins.  Five!  I carved little pumpkins for my boys. They had standard Jack-O-Lantern faces, and the kids seemed to love them!  Then I carved a pumpkin at my dad's house.  I did a regular face for that one too, except I also gave it vampire teeth.  I'm sad I don't have a picture of that one, because even though I didn't plan it out before I started (I just grabbed a knife and started cutting), it turned out amazingly symmetrical.  My dad even said he liked my pumpkin better than the one he did.  I can't tell you how amazing it is to hear that kind of praise.  I'm proud of myself!

The next pumpkin I did was a skeleton.  It didn't turn out as well as I hoped, but it was also a complex one and I don't have the best carving tools in the world.  I need to invest in better tools for next year.  Anyway, I do have a picture of that one.  It's not a great picture, but it does have a sinister feel to it.


The next pumpkin was supposed to be carved by my husband, but he didn't feel like doing it.  So, reluctant to let a perfectly good pumpkin remain uncarved, I decided to do a space-themed pumpkin.  The theme emerged when my husband suggested I carve a Saturn pumpkin, and I thought "Hey, I can do that!"

So, on this pumpkin, you'll see Saturn, a moon, and a rocket.  I also carved a small sun and assorted stars, but they don't show up well in photos.  If you were to see it in real life, you'd see them.  I promise.




Aside from celebrating pumpkins, I also want to celebrate making pirate costumes for my boys.  There was some sewing and creative re-purposing involved.  I'll share pictures of my boys wearing them next week.

What would you like to celebrate?







10 comments:

  1. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Enjoy it with your boys!! Great pumpkins!

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  2. The one with the planets is really cool.
    Enjoy Halloween with your kids tonight!

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  3. I love the saturn pumpkin! And good for you for making costumes...I've done a lot of that in the past! This year I just have to cut up a plastic tablecloth in the shape of a batman cape...nothing to bad :)
    ~Katie

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  4. Great job with the pumpkins! I admire your craftiness. Happy Halloween!

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  5. Loved the pumpkins! Sewing always seems to be a part of our Halloween tradition, too! Have a great celebration.

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  6. If you get tired of writing I think you may have another career! Those are some amazing pumpkins. I simply made a pie!

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  7. Those are some great pumpkins! I've gotta say, I love the dancing skeleton...gave me a good giggle! Happy Halloween! Eva

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  8. In my day we just did the regular pumpkin faces and I'm so amazed by how artistic they've become. I think your skeleton-pumpkin is awesome, and the dancing pumpkin rocks!

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  9. Great pumpkins! I didn't carve any this year.

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  10. You're so artistic. In the long-gone days when I used to carve a pumpkin for my boys, I only ever managed a basic jack-o-lantern, and he always looked a bit pervy!

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