Last Updated on October 25, 2013 by Babita
Mr and Mrs Pumpkin are our theme for this Halloween. It all started innocently. TEE is a huge fan of the mustache clipart. She is always doodling it on her notebooks, our IdeaPaint wall, whiteboard and any other space she can find. So collectively we decided to make a mustache pumpkin and to take it further we decided to pair it with Mrs. Pumpkin.
My role in the project was exclusively as a supervisor and was on hand for consultation only. “TEE” started with her pumpkin first. She drew and colored the mustache on the pumpkin with a sharpie permanent marker (that part was easy).
“S” had a bit difficult job to do. She had to paint the whole pumpkin black. She patiently did that and then we waited for the paint to dry. Since it was their sleeping time, I told them to catch up with it the next day.
Today they had half-day in their school and was back home early. After having their lunch both “TEE” and “S” proceed to work on their pumpkins. “TEE” combined orange and black pipe cleaners and placed them along with with some hay. She then pinned them all around the stalk.
She finished the whole look by placing a mini witch’s hat over the stalk. Her Mr. Pumpkin was all ready to rock…. (although I feel he looked like he was balding from one side)
“S” in the meantime cut out the foam lip (which I had traced) and glued it over her Mrs. Pumpkin (yeah, she looks scary…)
Earlier we had found this Halloween themed purple witch hat hairband with feathers and netted fabric in Christmas Tree Shoppe. “S” decided to use that to place over the stalk of the pumpkin. It fit perfectly.
That’s it! Mr and Mrs Pumpkin were ready for their debut. I hope you all enjoyed this project my girls made.
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I love the pumpkins. They are very cute.
HAHAH what a fun idea… totally love it and soo simple… kind of Duhhh why didn’t I think of that… Thanks for a great idea, so gonna snatch it for the front porch 🙂
That seriously made me laugh. I love the Mr and Mrs pumpkin! So cute, an original idea, at least I’ve not seen it before.
This is such a wonderful and creative alternative to carving out the pumpkins. Every year I worry that the kids are going to cut their fingers off carving the Jack O’ Lanterns.
Oh they are so super cute! Man I wish I was that creative! Well, there is still time, I hope you don;t mind me stealing your idea for our house 🙂
No problem Jutta..Enjoy your Halloween.
Those are absolutely adorable! It’s funny how mustaches seem to be the big thing anymore.
gr8 job trisha nd saanvi… you both have got tht creativity genes from babs!!! you guys rock !!!
Thanks Anita…
those are really cute. i like the purple. the black stands out nicely too!
Awww they both did a great job Mr and Mrs Pumpkin look amazing 🙂
What a cute and creative idea! definitely something light with the dark side of Halloween which is usually scary.
Oh, those are adorable! I especially like Mrs. Pumpkin with her veil!
That is so cute. We haven’t done anything at all this year. I really need to get with the program but the kids haven’t asked to do anything either so I guess I’m good.
Those turned out really, really cute!! I love that you incorporated a mustache, they’re so in right now (my kids both love them…even my daughter!!). 🙂
Haha those pumpkins are super cute!! Pinned them to my Halloween board 🙂
Thanks Bobbi.
awww, what cute pumpkins! Good job!
These are so cute. Great idea!
What a cute idea! I’m kind of challenged when it comes to my pumpkin carving skills, so maybe I need to take a tip from you and do some painting this year. 🙂 Happy Halloween!
No way! Those came out so good. They seem easy enough to make, too! Good job!
Such cute pumpkins! Tee did a great job!!