When we moved into the house we are in now, the previous owners had some sweet little girls who’d been working hard on their pumpkin garden.  They had plans to have a pumpkin selling stand on the corner near Halloween.  They needed to make some money:)  When they left, they asked us to take care of thier pumpkins and make sure they were watered.

…add a little stress to the move.  Not only keep plants alive, but to help them grow too?  HA!  It’s a good thing they are pumpkins and you don’t have to do too much!

Missy came over and mentioned how they did

pumpkin scarring

with her kids one year and I should try it too.  I’d never heard of it so why not try?

Pumpkin scarring  is when you take the top layer of pumpkin skin off when the pumpkin is small and while the pumpkin grows the ‘scar’ will grow as well.

One of the little girls who ‘owned’ this pumpkin patch was named Jilly, I tried it out on her’s.

I took a pen to the pumpkin and did the best block letters I’ve done since Junior High.  Remember when block letters were the cool thing? Oh wait you don’t?  Then never mind…

Take an exact-o knife and cut around the letters.  Not too deep.  Just a little.

Here is one with the other daughter’s name, Livia.   I also did one with the letter ‘B’ for Ben.  I had to try it on a few just in case…I figured if they worked it would be really cool and if not I could go grab some more pumpkins at the store and pretend they were the ones from the garden:)

See the thin layer that is peeled off?  Keep it thin.

Then let the month or month(s) roll by…and tada!   One scarred pumpkin that has a name in it.  This pumpkin in claimed by ‘B’ aka Ben.  (Okay I know the pumpkin is small and didn’t grow very much…at least I didn’t’ kill it)

My little Buzz light year was so excited to take these to our Halloween party and give Livia, Ben and Jilly their pumpkins.

It worked out great and next year my girls want to make sure to scar their pumpkins!

Cute way to decorate a pumpkin non jack-o-lantern style so they can stay out through Thanksgiving!

Hope you are all over your sugar buzz…

Thanks ladies for letting us link up!

Alison

Alison is one of the 3 founders of HowDoesShe.com She is the mama of 4 rockin' kids who love PB and J's. She has one fantastic husband who is the love of her life and loves long walks on the beach!

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