Neil took forever to eat dinner so Dave decided to just start while Neil was finishing eating. This actually worked out well because when he had to use the big sharp knife, Neil was contained in the high chair.
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Friday, October 31, 2014
Pumpkin Carving
Happy Halloween! We carved a pumpkin late this year because we were in Savannah and I didn't want to carve pumpkins too early. Dave really did the carving while I was making some food for a neighborhood get-together on Halloween, sorting through some clothes from a friend, and trying to also keep an eye on Neil so he wouldn't get in the way of anything sharp.
Neil took forever to eat dinner so Dave decided to just start while Neil was finishing eating. This actually worked out well because when he had to use the big sharp knife, Neil was contained in the high chair.
As soon as Neil was done eating I let him out of the high chair and he immediately wanted to be a part of what Daddy was doing. I cleaned off some of the utensils Dave was done with and let Neil hold them. That seemed to distract him enough that Dave was pretty free to do what he needed to.
At first I tried to keep the chair back so he wasn't in the way but he was so interested I eventually pulled it up and let him look more closely. I think he also felt like he was helping a little bit.
Ta da! The finished product. Neil couldn't stop looking at it. I'm looking forward to next year when he can actually help maybe a little bit if he wants to. He was very interesting in watching the process this year.
Neil took forever to eat dinner so Dave decided to just start while Neil was finishing eating. This actually worked out well because when he had to use the big sharp knife, Neil was contained in the high chair.
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Great pumpkin art! Neil is so cute.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The art was cheating but it worked haha.
DeleteYou know I never ever thought of having paper of the outline of what I wanted to cut out so it wasn't free handing it on the pumpkin. I never saw it either until this year. I do think I paid attention more to other people. But I've seen a lot of people tracing.
ReplyDeleteI like the pumpkin and how Neil "helped."
I went to the store the same day we carved to get a set. I had one already but it was in a box in the attic (Star Wars theme) and we didn't want to dig around looknig for it. This was the only thing available and it turned out better than I thought it was going to! I know we could have free handed it too, we really just wanted the tools. But we decided to try the actual kit.
DeleteI didn't even know they have carving sets. We just used a knife and maybe a pencil first.
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