https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:31:28 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179452 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:59:55 +0000 Mrs. Confetti 1179452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We did pumpkin painting at an event this weekend, and C got blue paint all over his costume and it won't come out. Something to keep in mind (fail). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179416 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:50:22 +0000 Smurfette 1179416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: I need some edible, cause I know she is going to try and eat it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179378 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:41:11 +0000 littlek 1179378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Could you not use the washable paint? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179306 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:26:13 +0000 Adira 1179306@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: haha, yeah, I'm looking forward to Xander being past that phase too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179302 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:25:11 +0000 Smurfette 1179302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I am sad. Hopefully by next year she will past putting everything and it's mother in her mouth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179288 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:21:39 +0000 Adira 1179288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Oh, bummer that didn't really work out for you! Maybe you'll have to try again when she's less prone to stick it in her mouth! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179285 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:20:49 +0000 Smurfette 1179285@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I made some edible paint yesterday but was so watery. and it just ran off the pumpkin. So I never put in front of R. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1179264 Mon, 28 Oct 2013 13:17:37 +0000 Adira 1179264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Did you end up doing this?? How did it go?? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1167270 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 20:23:06 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 1167270@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had LO paint her pumpkin. We put her in her big plastic swimming pool in the middle of the kitchen. All the mess was inside there, so DH just went outside and hosed it out. She wore a diaper, and we just used crayola washable paint. She is 17 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1167176 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:37:29 +0000 littlek 1167176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: hahahaha same thing happened to B. There was more paint on B than on the pumpkin. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1167154 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:29:16 +0000 lemondrop 1167154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty similar to @littlek: the paint he got on his fingers upset him, but it was a hilarious experience! We have a couple cute paper pumpkin cutouts, it will be a good memory at the very least ;) I may have laughed a little too hard when he tried to eat the paint... </p> [attach=1790/13/mv3it0.338x600.IMG_20131015_194738_676.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1167133 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:20:34 +0000 littlek 1167133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: @Freckles: B had NO interest in finger painting, he wanted to run around and play. What he did finger paint blended together and looks like poop (colors blended to make brown) on the pumpkin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1166008 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:54:57 +0000 Smurfette 1166008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lemondrop: I was thinking right after a nap and bottle. I think it is going to be too cold outside to do it her diaper, but was thinking getting a plastic tablecloth and doing it on the kitchen tile floor. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165999 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:51:06 +0000 kiddosc 1165999@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: It's non-toxic, but probably not edible. It's just the off the shelf crayola stuff. </p> <p>We also did this on a sheet in the yard. But we're in Texas and it was still 80 degrees this weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165975 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:44:15 +0000 skibobrown 1165975@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're going to do either paint or markers w/ our 18-month old. She has a longer attention span than a younger baby though, and actively enjoys drawing at this stage. I think it will be fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165968 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:42:06 +0000 lemondrop 1165968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We tried this with paper cutouts last week, it should be fun, just avoid my mistakes- </p> <p>I chose a bad time of day when he was tired, so he wasn't putting up with much. </p> <p>I also made the mistake of putting him in his high chair and paints on a plate, so he thought he was eating- I would do a different context (next time he will in in the high chair, but without the tray, probably pushed up against the dining table). No way do I trust him with paints on a tarp indoors now that he's walking ;) if he were crawling it wouldn't be an issue. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165957 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:38:22 +0000 Freckles 1165957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: Please tell! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165955 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:37:52 +0000 Smurfette 1165955@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: They look great!! I was looking their tutorial. Is that paint edible? I have to have edible cause R thinks everything belongs in her mouth.</p> <p>@littlek: how so? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165937 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:26:18 +0000 littlek 1165937@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: it was a huge fail for us </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165932 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 11:24:02 +0000 Running Elley 1165932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@kiddosc: What a great idea!!! I'm totally going to do this this weekend :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165597 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:58:23 +0000 kiddosc 1165597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just did this with E this weekend, but I used the washable, non-toxic crayola paint. I used the tutorial from YHL, and they turned out alright. He smeared around the paint too much and they ended up kind of brown all over. But he seemed to enjoy the activity for 15 min or so. He's 17 months though. </p> <p><a href="http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/10/pumpkin-fingers/" rel="nofollow">http://www.younghouselove.com/2011/10/pumpkin-fingers/</a> </p> [attach=1439/13/mv2s9b.600x450.pumpkins.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/having-lo-paint-a-pumpkin-recipe-for-disaster#post-1165530 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 09:37:59 +0000 Smurfette 1165530@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We got R a little pumpkin over the weekend and we were thinking about having her paint it. Going to make some edible finger paint and let her go at it. </p> <p>Is this a disaster waiting to happen? Any tips? Also any good recipes?</p> <p>She is 7.5 months. </p>