We painted pumpkins on Wednesday night with our youth group and it was a big hit. All the girls seemed to want to paint kitty faces on theirs, while all the guys were getting really artsy, with rainbow, splatter, and story-in-the-round designs. My husband always tries to go for a biblical theme when he paints or carves pumpkins with the kids, so this time he went with the theme of death and resurrection, specifically the whole "gone for three days" thing. So he had Jonah inside the whale, Jonah being spit out of the whale (and being a guy he had to include the whale vomit), Lazarus coming out of the tomb, Jesus on the cross, and finally, Jesus coming out of the tomb. It was pretty neat when it was all finished. Too bad we used really cheap paint and it started peeling as soon as it dried, so he's gonna fix it up with my good paints at home when he gets a chance.
Meanwhile I made a self-portrait pumpkin person (as you can see in the picture). I think its a pretty good likeness, don't you? Hehe. The girls in our group actually recognized the outfit I painted on her, it being one of my Sunday morning staples. My cat seemed to really like my "pumpkin buddy" as well. I got some really cute pictures of her checking it out.
I don't know if I mentioned this, but our youth group actually meets twice a week. On Sunday nights we have our Bible study and on Wednesday nights we have a fun night, hence the pumpkin painting. Next week we're going to roast s'mores and watch It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. I still cannot believe how many of the kids in our youth group have not seen that movie. It's a tragedy.
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