Chalkboard Pumpkins

I'm pretty sure chalkboard paint is one of my favorite inventions.  For a festive Things We Do After Nap, I gave a few pumpkins a good coat of chalkboard spray paint.  Then I gave Jude some chalk and a cloth for erasing, and let him go to town.  

He told me those are ghosts and stars.  

Wiping the designs off, and subsequently going on a bit of a cleaning spree, was possibly his favorite part.  

I didn't prime the pumpkins, so the paint scratches when you push really hard, but I love that the chalkboard allows for lots of decorating over and over.  We all know how much toddlers like the words "more" and "again."  Add a little spray bottle of water to get your chalkboard pumpkin really clean, and watch out ...

... serious Halloween fun!

I'm off to get Jude's costume together.  It is basically a big mix of things he loves to wear ... here's hoping everyone thinks it's as funny as I do.