Filed under: Family, Family Nights | Tags: crafts, fall, family night, harvest, pumpkin
This post is WAY overdue! And I have lots of pictures!!! A couple of weeks ago, we had Pumpkin Family Night (which actually turned into pumpkin weekend).
First we went to the pumpkin patch and picked out our pumpkins. The kids also enjoyed a pony ride and some other fun!
Once we got home, I made some “pumpkin snacks” to tide the kids over while I made “Dinner in a Pumpkin”. They also got a fun Pumpkin Drink (Orange Crush rimmed with green sugar). We had to get a little creative because the candy pumpkins on the stemware were a little heavier than I envisioned…so a lot of bending of the pipe cleaners was required to get them to stay up!
We picked up some gourds, and each made our own “person” complete with clothes, hair and face to make one big gourd family–the “Gourd”ons.
Later that night we enjoyed some roasted pumpkin seeds from our harvest, and made some super-easy pumpkin muffins with cream cheese icing (the kids added some pumpkin sprinkles).
We topped the whole pumpkin weekend by getting together with some friends for some pumpkin carving!!! It was all a lot of fun!
Check out Heather’s blog–my creative inspiration for family nights!
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- Picking Pumpkins
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- On the Hunt
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- Hay Maze
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- Bounce House
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- Pony Ride
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- Pumpkin Snacks
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- Dinner in A Pumpkin
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- Crazy Pumpkin Drinks
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- Fun Dinner!
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- Making our Gourds
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- Meet the “Gourd”ons
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- Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
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- Yummy Pumpkin Muffins
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- Proud Kids
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- The glow too!
Filed under: Family, Family Nights | Tags: crafts, Family, family night, ideas, school
In honor of the last day of the first full month of school, our family night tonight was…SCHOOL DAYS!
First we had art class…the kids got to paint little chalkboards and decorate them to hang in their room. (I didn’t get a picture of the finish products this morning…I’ll add that later today).
Then we had lunch time…pizza, green beans, pudding and Strawberry Milk (it was pretty good…although PACKED with calories!)
Of course, after lunch you have recess so we walked to the school to do just that.
When we got home, we enjoyed some hot tea, had bathtime and we ended the evening with Abbie reading us her daily book from school. Tonight it was “You’re the Most Beautiful Kid in the World”. She never ceases to amaze me with her reading skills!!!
Check out Heather, Jacinda and Brandi for more Family Night inspiration!
