Happy Halloween!

With only a few days back at home before Halloween, I feared that these "pumpkins" just might be all that we'd be able to pull off.  Inspired by this picture  and, by the way, we had the garlic soup for dinner the other night and even R, 7 years old, liked it.

More spookyness found here, brought back from Panama:

Brain (Coral)!  (Sea Urchin) Skeletons!  (Coral) Ghoul!  (Conch shell) Magic Wand!

C came through, bringing home a couple of actual pumpkins for the boys to carve, but a few other fruits were thrown into the decor: a small squash, mango and a coconut which came with a pre-drawn face from the local grocery store.  They always sell coconuts that way.  The leafy faced man was made by someone we knew while living in Boulder, CO, and the blue face was made by my 44 year old brother in a high school art class.

Halloween costume sewing and knitting yet to come, and belated Socktoberfest updates, too.

Comments

[Elizabeth]

Welcome back!
I make a version of garlic soup with potatoes, carrots and spinach in it, dead easy and the kids have loved it from the time they were small, spinach and all.
Seeing your Green Man reminded me of one I made years ago. I wonder where it is...Do your kids know about the Green Man?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_man
I like the blue one best of all.

[Susan]

I missed your posts SO MUCH!! Welcome back!!! Love your pumpkins.....ours are beyond saving and ready for the garbage!!.....