Bruce's Pudding Painted Pumpkin

chocolate pudding painted pumpkin

On Saturday, we had a little Pumpkin Party at our house. A couple of my girlfriends came over to carve pumpkins that we picked out from the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch. It was Bruce and my first time going to an actual pumpkin patch so we had a blast seeing some animals, playing with the haystack, running through a mini corn maze to find the chickens, and picking out our favorite pumpkins from the farm. Once we loaded the wheelbarrow and purchased our finds, we headed back home to start decorating.

trying to decide which way to go

during the mini corn maze

helping to push the wheelbarrow

Since this was Bruce's first Halloween where he's old enough to participate, I had to make sure Bruce could join in on the fun. He's not quite ready to carve a pumpkin and I was too afraid he'd eat actual paint so I came up with the idea of having him paint his own pumpkin with chocolate pudding. The pudding painting idea was from Jon & Kate Plus 8 which I knew I'd do with my own kids after I saw that episode. And my wish came true.

painting his tray with chocolate pudding

All you need to do this activity with a toddler is a pumpkin, a pack of chocolate pudding, and duck tape or painters tape. Oh, and old clothes since pudding will get everywhere. After I duct taped a bruce-o-lantern face onto the pumpkin, I scooped a generous amount of chocolate pudding on his tray and he immediately started painting... the tray. I had to encourage him to paint the pumpkin and to my surprise, he didn't try eating the pudding! After he finished painting his pumpkin, I peeled off the duct tape and let the pudding dry. A simple fun project for the little ones.

once he realized he could eat the paint...

bruce's pudding painted pumpkin

Needless to say, Bruce had fun painting his pumpkin while we all watched laughing away. I definitely recommend this fun activity if you're okay with a little mess. Let me know how yours turns out as I'd love to see! :D

I'll be sharing our carved pumpkins at the end of this week. ;)