LANGFORD PUMPKIN PATCH

I got this crazy wild idea when I saw an adorable picture of kids in tie-dyed jack-o-lantern t-shirts on the cover of Family Fun magazine. All of my kids wanted a Halloween t-shirt and I thought it would be more fun to make them and have our own unique creations than to buy one. So the adventure begins. I found all the materials and we began. Each child decided how they wanted to rubberband their shirt and each had their own design. The orange dye looked like blood and the kids were totally disgusted and gagging as we dipped them in the dye. Unfortunately, I ran out of dye after only 3 shirts. That's where the adventure begins. I think everyone in San Diego was making the same shirt and no store had any orange tie-dye left. After several errands, phone calls, time and searches I finally found some tangerine dye. Long story short, I finally finished dying the rest of the shirts. The kids loved colored on their jack-o-lantern faces. It took several more fabric pens and sharpies than I anticipated, but they were extremely proud of their creations. Friday night we went to pumpkin patch, all wearing our t-shirts and took our picture with the tri-pod. Trent was thrilled to have pumpkins on his shirt and even more thrilled to see everyone else wearing one too. Greg was a great sport and cheerfully wore his big Daddy pumpkin shirt with pride.