October 14, 2012

Pumpkin Painting

Yesterday Vivian got her first pumpkin from a pumpkin patch. Today she painted it! It was such a beautiful day, we had to be outside so we took everything out to the gazebo. I was clever and used a 6-muffin muffin tin to hold the paint. I also laid out the giant thick sheets of paper from our last move that our large pictures and mirrors were wrapped in. Derrick of course thought I was crazy but I can see into the future and I knew exactly what they would come in handy for - messy play. It made for easy clean up, just fold it back up and stick it under the bed. We were all set and ready to watch Vivian go to town on her pumpkin.

First Vivian checked out the brushes while we got the paint ready. We had about 8 different brushes and sponges. Some skinny, some fat, some with handles and some without.

When the paint was ready we showed Vivian how to put the brush into the paint and then on to the pumpkin. It wasn't that hard for her. She has been working on mastering using a fork when she eats and scooping corn in her sensory bin so it wasn't a totally new concept.



So from paint to pumpkin, switching out brushes, she went. We did have to do some damage control because she kept wanting to eat the paint. We just kept repeating put the paint on the pumpkin. In fact we said it enough for her to learn how to say pumpkin (her version is 'pump').




Vivian's Pumpkin!

It now sits outside our door. Every time we leave or come home she sees her beautiful masterpiece, stops to look at it and says 'pump'. That's right Love Bug, that's your pumpkin. great job!

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