Pumpkin Decorating instead of Carving

We tried a new pumpkin craft this year in place of carving. With a 3 year old, 2 year old, a 2 month old and a home that is still not fully moved into, the mess of pumpkin carving was not appealing. But I wanted to do something fun and pumpkin-y with the kids to celebrate the season. 

And, target for the win!!!

I found pumpkin decorating kits for $3 that were so simple and so cute! One was a llama and the other a unicorn! Each kit came with all the supplies which consisted of sticky paper and foam that you just put straight onto the pumpkin. We had small white pumpkins already from a previous project so they ended up being a little small for what the kit called for, but we were still able to make it work! Sophie LOVED it, we were really able to have her take more of the reigns than if carving and she was so proud of how it turned out!