A Straw House and the Three Little Piggies

Asher's class has been busy with their pumpkin unit this week culminating in their big "pumpkin project"! Which is actually just as much of a project for the moms! A few of us room moms have been working on this idea for a month or so now, gathering materials, etc. Each year the first grade classes at Grace enter the pumpkin contest at the Farmers Market here in Raleigh. They always do it up big with the teachers voting on a theme and the room moms helping to carry out whatever it may be! This year's was the Three Little Pigs and it was so fun to do! We had alot of fun coming up with different ideas to use for the houses and on the display board. The background of the board was painted by Grace's art teacher and each first grade class was resposible for one of the houses. Asher's class drew the straw house.... you can imagine how fun it was getting all that hay hot glued onto the pumpkin! The more vegetables/ produce you used, the better your chances of winning, so we included a garden, painted artichokes and garlic to look like flowers, used brussel sprouts for little cabbages, had broccoli trees, and made Mr. Big Bad Wolf out of an eggplant! The pigs are made out of potatoes that the kids painted pink! It was alot of work, but so much FUN! Stay tuned for the Farmers Market field trip pictures and whether or not our project was the winner!