31 Days of Halloween Hijinks: Pumpkin Push Ins

Day Twenty Two: Pumpkin Push Ins

If you’re like me, now that we’re a little more than a week away from Halloween, you’re thinking about how to decorate the pumpkins on your porch before the squirrels get them.  This year, I have an added complication though – my daughter who isn’t quite two-years-old yet.  To be honest, I haven’t bought a pumpkin yet, but today at Target (while picking up a pair of fancy Missoni shoes for my wife), my daughter and I took a peek in the Halloween section…mostly because I think the way she says pumpkin is so damn cute.  We bought her a Jack-o-Lantern pail for her trick-or-treating, but we haven’t actually bought the pumpkin yet.

Well, while we were looking at pumpkins, my daughter also said “Elmo.”  Looking around, I saw this…

It was a Polyurethane pumpkin with Elmo pieces pushed into it.  Target also had a few other designs (Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Mr. Potato Head) as well.  I’m not quite sure what ones we’ll pick up, but I think the Polyurethane pumpkins and pumpkin push ins are perfect for families who aren’t ready to use carving tools with their little ones.

Example of one of the Target craft pumpkins

Also, here are some of the fun pumpkin push in sets I was able to find on the ‘net.  Some of these were also at Target.  Seriously though, just google “pumpkin push ins” and you’ll see lots of licensed and non-licensed ideas.

Mr. Potato Head Skeleton

Pirate Potato Head

Spider-Pumpkin

I also found this blog that talks about pumpkin push ins. It’s a year old, but still has some good ideas/designs.

 

Hopefully this blog helps out the families with young children as they prep for Halloween.

31 Days of Halloween Hijinks

As you can see by the above image, I’m getting ready for my 31 Day Challenge.  As extra motivation, I’m linking up with a collection of blogs filled with folks who are also doing other types of 31 Day Challenges.  Check out The Nesting Place linked over on the right in my blogroll (or click here – )

As you look to follow along my 31 day journey, use this page as your one-stop shop for everything.  While I’ll be adding each day of the challenge to my blog, I’ll also be direct linking all 31 Days to the bottom of this original post to make sure there’s an easy way to keep track of everything.

Based on my poll results, it looks like my readers want everything but book recommendations (too bad, I’m a bookseller, so you’re getting some of those too….), so expect a very diverse month of posts inspired by the Halloween season.  You’ll get everything from reviews, recommendations, recipes, craft ideas, costume ideas, interviews, and posts about all things that go bump in the night (among other things).

I’m very excited about this undertaking.  Thanks for supporting me in my efforts to make this October a spooktacular one.

Also, if you like what you see and want to link up with me on your blog, feel free to use the image below -Happy Horror…Happy Haunting…Happy Halloween!