Carving our Pumpkin

While at the Pumpkin Patch a few weeks ago, each class got a large pumpkin to later carve or paint. Ms. Stacey's class decided to carve the pumpkin and see what is inside this pumpkin of ours. At first the kids were a little hesitant to stick their hands inside the pumpkin, but once someone got the ball rolling there was no stopping them!

We were interested in seeing if the children would carve one another so I left the knife on the tray--no, just kidding . . . I actually had to use two different knives because the first one I picked up was too dull. I did not realize it was still sitting there while I stood up to take pictures until everything was over and I looked at the pictures. Suffice it to say, everyone has all their fingers and toes--no harm done.

They were all so very proud of our carved pumpkin and could not stop looking at the "candle" inside. All very exciting stuff!

Today during circletime we decided that our Jack-o-lantern is orange just like our pumpkin was orange. We have two different shapes in our Jack-o-lantern . . . a circle and some triangles.

For snack we tried our roasted pumpkin seeds while we sat in our dark room admiring our glowing Jack-o-lantern. All but two of the kids loved the seeds and asked for more. The other two tried them, but were really not fans.

After circletime and reading several Halloween themed books, we did a coloring and counting project with our pumpkin seeds to tie everything together. What a great time!!