Part Two: Burlap Pumpkins for Teachers

Yesterday the boys and I worked on stuffing, gluing and adding finishing touches to their burlap pumpkin door hangers they created for their teachers. Below are the pictures of their pumpkins. Please excuse the poor quality of the pictures. I did not get out my fancy camera, instead I used my phone. They were very proud of how they turned out and were so excited to go to school this morning.

 This is Mason's creation. His teacher's last name starts with an "S" so we monogrammed it, added a few buttons, stem details and a light green burlap bow.

This is Shaun's creation. His teacher's last name starts with a "K" so we monogrammed it, added a few flower buttons, stem details and a light green bow.

I love how similar, yet different they both are. They did a great job and I know their teachers must have been excited. Their dad took them to school this morning, so I didn't get to see them give it to their teachers. I can't wait to pick them up to hear all about it.

Part One: Burlap Pumpkins for Teachers

The boys were so excited about the burlap door hanger I made Tuesday night, so we started on two more last night. They decided they wanted to make one for their teachers at school. I decided that we would make them similar to the one I had made, with a few tweaks (meaning less paint). I drew out the pumpkin and painted the monogram for each of them, but let them do the designing and painting on each of their pumpkins. So far, they are looking great and I know their teachers will love them b/c they were made by the boys. Right now they both look a lot alike, but after we add the last few details they have picked out, you will definitely be able to see the difference.

Here's what we have so far. I will post the final results tomorrow after we stuff and glue them together tonight.

This is Shaun's creation. He plans on adding little white flowers to the middle of each polka dot and will probably add a little more detail to the stem tonight with a permanent marker. I love how simple these are to make and how happy the boys are to be making them.

This is Mason's creation. He plans on adding black or white buttons to the middle of each polka dot and will probably add a few more details to the stem and pumpkin tonight with paint pens.