Open-ended Art: Pumpkins

Sure, we eat pumpkins... not quite so often though. And I do not feel like buying a pumpkin home just to do art (waste of food) and ... I guess I am just not into Halloween. So, I cut out paper pumpkins and let Sophie do printing with her roller sponge instead. Same, right?

Anyway, I was glad my Kirigami skills are still intact after so many years. I put double-sided tape on each 0f "pumpkin face" and let Sophie paste them on a piece of paper. I had meant to peel off the tape for her, but she beat me to it and did a great job. She even pushed my hands away and said, "bye-bye" to me so that she could do it herself! I was also happy to hear her attempt to count.





The roller sponge was a bit of a challenge because I knew she would do everything else except rolling it. Fortunately, she was quite cooperative and she understood most of my instructions.





I thought orange and black look really good together so I let Sophie add black to the picture. However, I was a bit worried because black paint is much harder to wash off. Thus, I tried to hold her hand and guide her through. Even when I finally let her do it on her own, I had to hold her left her so that she could not squeeze the sponge... All was good until she started hammering...





I did not want to waste the "pumpkin faces" so we pasted them on a separate piece of paper. It turned out alright as well... Cannot say the same about my glue stick though...




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