Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Halloween Toadstools.

I couldn't pass Martha's 'Living' magazine without buying it. The cover is just magical... Halloween pumpkin mushrooms!! We just had to have a go.

These are the pumpkins we used and my very sharp knife.
Pumpkin toadstools made from pumpkins

I cut the butternuts so that they could become the mushroom stalks.

And then the rest of the pumpkins were cut in half.

A Good Man even enjoyed showing off his sheer strength by muscling the large pumpkin in half. He is very strong ;-)

We balanced the tops of the pumpkins on the butternut stalks and... Voila! Our Pumpkin Toadstools!! I love how our house looks for Halloween!


Blessing and magic.

14 comments:

Joy said...

I have that issue too. I also liked the nut wreath and the leaf thank-yous for the Thanksgiving table. Your pumpkin mushrooms turned out adorable!

Ivy said...

I saw that magazine. I think yours are just as cute and you probably had more fun making them!

Crunchy Christian Mom said...

SO cute! I saw that issue, too, but didn't buy it -- thanks for the reminder!

Sycamore Moon Studios said...

Oh, how fun. We haven't had too much time for fun stuff yet. Wednesday night is the night! Your toadstools are terrific!

School for Us said...

Oh... those look so cute! Love it!

Simple Mama said...

Adorable! We planned on making some of these too! Love yours.

aforestfrolic said...

Your toadstools are just devine! Gotta love some Martha ;-)

Jamie :)

Amanda said...

they are so perfect! I love this idea! You ought to make a fall collection of ideas... something I could reference for next year maybe? I think thats a really good idea!!

Grace said...

Oh, what a great idea!!!!

Stephanie said...

They're darling!
I'll bet you were so happy making them!! :)

Mama Rose said...

Too cute! She also had this demo on her show a few weeks back along with a really cute snail to go next to the toadstools. I love how yours came out :D

sunnymama said...

They are so cute! What a great idea for halloween pumpkins. :)

Adriana said...

Those are beautiful!

jennwa said...

Those are soooo cute. Love it!!!

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