Bum-Kin How-To

So Halloween has passed, but it's not too late to make a little memory with your own little punkin!  After seeing a friend's instagram post of her son's bum-kin project, I decided that I had to capture my own little bum-kin on canvas.  (Because of course.)  So when my mom was here, we set about Making Magical Holiday Memories AKA Embarrassing Future Zuzu with Holiday Art.

Supplies:

A baby-butt-sized canvas (available at your local craft store--I got mine at Hobby Lobby in a two-pack for something like $5).

Some orange finger paint (I used the non-toxic Crayola stuff, purchased a while back in a 4-pack of tubes).

A foam paint brush.

A cute baby tush.

A helper (this is a two-man one-baby project for sure!).


Instructions:

Step 1:  Strip the baby nekkid and stand her up on the sink.  Place blank canvas on closed lid of toilet.

Step 2:  Squeeze some orange paint onto the foam brush and apply liberally to the baby butt.

Step 3:  Maneuver baby over the canvas and gently stamp her butt onto it (your helper should assist you in positioning baby's butt just right).

{No Photo:  Our hands were full!}

Step 4:  Squeeze a little green finger paint onto the canvas to make your pumpkin patch grass and add a quick swipe for the stem.  Try not to think about it looking like poop.

{Optional Step 5:  Set canvas on stair bannister to dry, then knock canvas down the stairs so the grass smears and call it "rustic".}

Ta-da!  Now you have an adorable baby bum-kin and a fall decoration to put up year after year.

David and I considered buying a bigger canvas and making a family bum-kin patch with ALL our butt-prints, but in the end we decided that only one of us has a cute enough butt to justify stamping it on a canvas.

So that's our one-of-a-kind, borderline inappropriate fall artwork!  (Thanks to Asher for the inspiration!)

Remember painting with Zuzu about this time last year?