Pumpkins With Character

Today was so great. I saw a different side of my kids today and it was amazing. We took this afternoon to make our pumpkin storybook character AND we also squeezed in our October Tasty Tuesday recipe. It was crazy, busy, messy and incredible.

We decided to make The Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz. I did some of the more dangerous and difficult parts, like carving holes for the nuts and bolts and anything involving the hot glue gun. I spray painted the little guy at recess while the kids watched in total amazement.

The real magic happened after the pumpkin itself was pretty much done. I asked some girls to cover a box with tin foil to make his body. Then before I knew it I had kids giving all of these suggestions for what to do next. Uh, next? I thought we were done! Not according to them. On their suggestion, we cut out and glued a yellow brick road, complete with grass peeking through each brick. We had all of the other characters in the background and then I had a group of boys make bushes to go behind all of the characters. If you look closely, you'll even spot Toto in Dorothy's arms! We also added an ax for him to hold and check out his heart! I am so proud of this pumpkin. As you will see, there are some crazy incredible pumpkins lining our main hallway, but like the Tin Man, ours truly has heart. Every single kid had a hand in creating this one and I am so incredibly proud of them!

Below are some progress photos of Tinny and stay tuned at the bottom for a slideshow of some of the other crazy incredible pumpkin characters from the other classes!

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