Happy Halloweeeeeeen!

The school {Halloween Festival} is a big deal every year. They have games and pizza and a bake sale and all sorts of other fun stuff going on. The halls are jam-packed with kids in costumes, freaking out over their candy and prizes, and acting like they haven't seen their friends in weeks when they run into them hallway...when in fact they've been apart barely more than 2 hours. ;)

One of the big hits of the festival is a drawing for decorated pumpkins. In years past, the teachers have had their classes choose a theme and they've each decorated a pumpkin, but this year, they opened it up and asked for volunteers. Of course, I had to do it. So now, I'd like to introduce you to....

Funkinstein...

I started out with a regular Funkin (brand name fake pumpkin) ~ and I promptly forgot to take a "before" photo. I used a lovely green (moss) spray paint & gave the Funkin a couple of coats.

There was a visible mark on one side of the Funkin, so I used it in my favor. I used a long metal skewer to poke holes in the Funkin, then fed black pipe cleaner through the holes...

I made more holes, and used more pipe cleaner to form stitches.

Next, I cut v-shapes out of strips of black duct tape, and placed them around the Funkin's stalk to serve as hair.

A little bit of craft paint for the eyes...

I painted wine corks grey, and added some black details to make the neck bolts. Then the hubband busted out the hole saw and drilled out spots on either side of the Funkin so I had a more secure way to attach them. A little hot glue around the corks, and into the holes they went.

I finished off the nose and mouth with more craft paint, and {voila!} ~ one Funkin Frankenstein....hence, "FUNKINSTEIN".

I was excited to go and see the other pumpkin creations, but alas, both kids are now {sick} ~ so we'll be missing school, and the festival, and the tinier of the tiny people will also be missing out on what would've been her first big-kid-school field trip. :( Bummer. Hopefully everyone will be well by Monday so that we can to door to door begging for sugary treats. ;) Ahhhh, gotta love Halloween!