10.04.2010

pumpkin bowling

Last year, I somehow found myself in charge of my daughters halloween party at school...hmm..25 kids. yeah. I had to  think of something that would entertain. ENTERTAIN. I had all these old formula tins (um..do I need to once again remind you of the hoarding that is me?) and I hot glued decorations onto them.

( I drew them all myself....but it would be really easy to find some around blogville...or even use pictures from halloween color books! )
decorated 10 tins.
and filled each one with candy or a surprise.
they got to bowl with a gourd (or a little pumpkin) and whatever one they knocked down they got the treat from inside.


it was a ton of fun.







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33 comments:

  1. Mandy BeyelerOctober 4, 2010 at 8:58 AM

    what a fun idea - love this!

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  2. CrystalOctober 4, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    This is such a cute idea. My kids would love it.

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  3. TashaOctober 4, 2010 at 9:08 AM

    So cute! What a very fun idea. I love it.

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  4. Mystick StarOctober 4, 2010 at 9:58 AM

    These are absolutely adorable! This would be a great game for my son's birthday party - Thank you so much for the idea!

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  5. BethOctober 4, 2010 at 12:45 PM

    What a fun idea! They are so cute!

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  6. MelissaOctober 4, 2010 at 1:17 PM

    What fun! the mummy is fabulous! I am so saving this one! Thanks for linking!

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  7. Daisy DayOctober 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM

    Fantastic! That is so cute. You did a very nice job. Thank you for sharing such a clever and fun idea.

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  8. Stacy RisenmayOctober 4, 2010 at 3:54 PM

    So fun!!!! I always find myself in charge of things like that. How does that happen? :)

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  9. MarissaOctober 4, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    These came out awesome...I do the same thing for tons of events we have where kids are involved...birthdays, holidays, you name it. It is so fun and simple and everyone thinks you had to work so hard on it!

    threadedtogether.com

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  10. Sandy AngOctober 5, 2010 at 3:11 AM

    Just so cute !

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  11. Judy@cutest-little-things.blogspot.comOctober 5, 2010 at 8:02 AM

    Wickedly fun! You did an amazing job on each of them! Love the idea of using the little gourd/pumpkin as the "bowling ball." Super clever!!

    Judy@cutest-little-things

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  12. MichelleOctober 5, 2010 at 11:13 AM

    You are so creative!!! THose are so cute!! I love them. I NEED to make them!

    - Michelle @ Bunch of Craft

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  13. UnknownOctober 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM

    This is so creative! I Love your blog and have shared some of your crafts (with the credit to you and a link to you). Thanks

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  14. AshOctober 5, 2010 at 6:20 PM

    I wish that I would have saved more of our formula cans!

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  15. KathleenOctober 6, 2010 at 11:30 AM

    What an adorable idea! I think I'll let my Brownie troop make some of these for our campout! Thanks for sharing.

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  16. ErinOctober 6, 2010 at 11:46 AM

    Love it! I will definitely be using this at our fall party.

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  17. UnknownOctober 7, 2010 at 12:53 PM

    This is such a cute idea. I am going to share it with my readers.

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  18. HILLARYOctober 8, 2010 at 11:54 AM

    You drew them!!! Holy cow they are super cute! What a fun idea too!

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  19. katiOctober 8, 2010 at 12:00 PM

    I love this I featured it on my blog, please come over and take a look!

    http://dragonflyfeathers.blogspot.com/2010/10/featuring-my-favorites-friday-no6.html

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  20. JanetOctober 8, 2010 at 1:37 PM

    The cans are waaay cute! It looks like a lot of fun. :)

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  21. Lori@Paisley PassionsOctober 9, 2010 at 7:08 AM

    SERIOUSLY adorable!!! Love the idea! Thanks a bunch for linking up to Thrilling Thursday @ Paisley Passions :)

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  22. ShannaOctober 9, 2010 at 8:17 PM

    What a fun idea. I love it! I bet the kids did too!I am a new follower via Blog Hopping.Please visit @ http://www.mommiesandbeyond.com
    Have a great weekend!

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  23. Ashlee MarieOctober 9, 2010 at 11:37 PM

    Love love LOVE! My kids would totally love this! I'll be featuring this on Monday! Thanks for linking up to Topsy Turvy Tuesday's.

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  24. JanaOctober 10, 2010 at 5:03 PM

    LOVE this idea. I am going to have to start saving cans now...

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  25. AUDRAOctober 10, 2010 at 8:49 PM

    These are outstanding! Love them!

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  26. UnknownOctober 14, 2010 at 4:49 AM

    love it! i will totally be doing this with my three year old asap!

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  27. DorianOctober 16, 2010 at 10:57 PM

    I loved this so much I featured you at my blog...with credit of course...AWESOME JOB!
    dthatssewme.blogspot.com

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  28. MelissaOctober 18, 2010 at 9:07 AM

    This was just so cute I had to feature it today for My Crafty Weekend! I hope you stop by today to link up some more great projects!

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  29. LindsaySeptember 9, 2011 at 9:19 AM

    I just posted on my blog about Halloween Decorations and I added a link to your pumpkin bowling! Super Cute!
    http://veskebylindsay.blogspot.com/2011/09/halloween-ideas.html

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  30. paigeSeptember 30, 2011 at 8:32 PM

    Great idea! Come link up at the Creative Genius Link Party! http://thecreativepaige.com

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  31. Christina at I Gotta Create!September 30, 2011 at 9:04 PM

    Clever, clever idea! Please come share it at my Halloween link party! Oct 1st 7am CST.

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  32. AmandaOctober 28, 2011 at 8:28 AM

    Hey Kim :) Just dropping by to let you know I featured this on Fun Family Crafts! http://funfamilycrafts.com/pumpkin-bowling/

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  33. AleseOctober 24, 2012 at 10:57 AM

    Cute! I blog over at http://www.2crafty4myskirt.blogspot.com/ and this Thursday I will be doing a round up of Halloween treats and party ideas. I plan to include this. Please let me know if you are not ok with that:)

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