What do you do when you have three pumpkins that are beginning to show signs of rot? It depends on the person, or family. Some people will just throw the pumpkins into their trash bin, to be picked up on your designated “trash day” and hauled off to finish rotting in a landfill. Others, like us, will go the “green” route and add them to their compost pile. I don’t know much about composting, as this is our first year of doing so, but I’m pretty sure that you can’t just chuck large pumpkin shells into the pile and expect them to rot compost efficiently. My solution, give your child a hammer, and let them go nuts!
First, he attacks the Elmo pumpkin. Then, he makes sure Sarah’s “Bertha” pumpkin had no brains before smashing.
First, you wind back…
then SMASH!
When smashing wasn’t working, he also tried pulling and clawing.
He’s possessed by the Ghost of Pumpkin Smashing!
What a great afternoon. I didn’t take pictures of loading the pieces into the wheelbarrow and taking them to the compost pile because then I would have gotten pumpkin slime on my camera, and that just cannot happen.
hey, man, tyler got one heck of a swing. impressive use of a hammer for a toddler. good stuff. and by the way, COLTS! i live in knoxville and am a HUGE peyton guy. great stuff last night!
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Wow. He looks like a well-trained pumpkin serial killer.
Scared, now.
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I believe this is how Gallagher got started…
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Now that is what I call a satisfying experience! I hope the rot didn’t land on him, though.
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HAHA nice, man!
Did you blast any music during the event?
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We used to do this every year with our pumpkins, we`d start by throwing them off the edge of the deck. This Haloween was the first with the little guy and I was sad that we`re in an apartment so we had no space to do this. Not that he`s old enough to, but he`d find it fun to watch!
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That’s a great idea and it looks like he had so much fun! I would have never thought to do this. I’m sure this will make great memories!
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It’s Hammer Time! When Tyler is older you can show him the fax-bashing scene in Office Space. It will bring back pumpkin memories for the kiddo.
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Smashing pumpkins? Makes me think of demolishing birthday cake, but better. Another good idea.
Just read about your dog, I’m sorry you had to put him down. He sounded like a wonderful friend to you two.
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This is so much fun for little kids. i never thought to let my little one do this. I have let my husband shoot it with a bee bee gun, but that was before we had children.