Fall Art

I enjoy crafts.  I wouldn't say I am awesome at them or that I successfully make what I set out to make all of the time, but I enjoy them.  That is my disclaimer for the quality of this "piece of art".

I decided that I would like to make something to hang on our wall for each season.  We don't have tons of surfaces in our den/kitchen to decorate with seasonal items so something to hang on the wall that we could switch out each month would be ideal.  Then I saw a sweet little painting of a Christmas tree that was made using a child's feet.  What a cute way to create a memorable and decorative piece!  I knew that I had to involve Beck in this project because it would make each piece much more meaningful for us as a family.

It is October and time for pumpkins, so I decided to paint a pumpkin-y scene for our first piece of art. There's no beating around the bush on this one....I stripped Beck naked, slathered some orange paint on his [clean] bottom, and plopped it down right in the middle of the canvas.

Then I used more orange paint to make it look more like a pumpkin.  I added another little pumpkin beside to help cover up the smudge from his painted leg hitting the canvas.  I painted grass and stems on the pumpkins, used this fantastic little device called a dauber (that short piece of wood with a sponge on the end down there near the "h") to paint the words, and voila!  

I'm sure that most people wouldn't pay good money for it, but to me, it is priceless.  When the paint dries, I am going to put the date and how it was created on the back of the canvas.

And now, for the cutest little pumpkin you have ever seen!