Pumpkin project

Austin hasn't had many homework assignments yet. So far we've had two big project assignments. The first was around the first of September. It was an All About Me book. We had to answer some questions about Austin and he got to decorate the pages.


The second is due next week. We were to decorate a pumpkin like a character from his favorite nursery rhyme. Austin picked Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater. To refresh your memory:

Peter, Peter pumpkin eater
Had a wife and couldn't keep her
He put her in a pumpkin shell
And there he kept her very well


So, we started thinking about what we could do to decorate our pumpkin. He didn't want to do just one character from the story. He wanted to do the whole story. So, last weekend, we purchased a craft pumpkin, a girl doll, a boy doll, some fake flowers, and hot glue. The doll was a fairy doll and the only boy doll we could find at the dollar store was a wrestler action figure.


Today, we put it all together. Of course, Austin was involved as much as he could be. He couldn't use the glue gun, but he drew and cut out the door and the curtains for the windows. He wrote his name on a piece of paper so the pumpkin would be labeled. And he put all the stuff inside for the wife.


Here is our creation. It's tacky, but it was all his idea. Actually, it turned out pretty cute.