![]() ![]() He cut out Stick Dog’s favorite foods, taped them to toothpicks, and placed them just right on our Stick Dog-pumpkin. It turns out I need to trust Easton’s vision more often because he and I had a great afternoon putting together his pumpkin. And wasn’t the whole purpose of this project to get your kids excited about reading? With a sigh, I acquiesced and started thinking about how to translate the sharp angles and geometry of Stick Dog into the roundness of a pumpkin. “Mom, it says your favorite book character and mine is Stick Dog.” Easton declared. I was thinking painted-on overalls, some mouse ears, and a big cookie. I futilely suggest If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. How do you translate a character made of boxes and lines into a three-dimensional pumpkin? Plus…Stick Dog is a stick figure drawing. Stick Dog, while a fabulous book series by Tom Watson, is hardly the iconic children’s literary character I had in mind. ![]() “I want Stick Dog, Mom!” he told me excitedly. I was envisioning how easy it would be: paint a pumpkin blue, throw on some ears and maybe some whiskers. Read my full disclosure policy for all the boring details. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. It is technically his school project after all. The problem? Getting Easton to sign off on my ideas. The project is totally optional but this one was screaming my name. The pumpkins are displayed in the library for a week before Halloween, including during Pumpkin Fest so all the parents and kids can marvel at the handiwork. Two months into the school year and Easton finally brought home a school project I could get behind: Literary Pumpkins.įor his school’s annual Pumpkin Fest, families are asked to decorate a pumpkin to look like a favorite book character. ![]()
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