The children have been inspired by pumpkins in the studio in a variety of ways. First they began observational drawing with fall inspired still-lives, next they sculpted them in clay with Amy and then painted their fired creations. Then, with all the cooking going on in the studio, several children had the great idea to make pumpkin food!
Of course, I listened and we spent the week preparing the studio for a pumpkin party. We made pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup and pumpkin pie. The children decorated the studio with beautiful pumpkin drawings and on Friday we celebrated our handwork with a pumpkin party.
Which involved a great deal of eating...
face painting...
And fun.
I had a request for our yummy soup recipe and I will admit that the children and I invented it so I don't have precise measurements but here is my best guess:
First bake a butternut squash and small pumpkin (cleaned of all seeds and face down on a oiled baking tray with 1/2 inch of water) til soft.
Spoon the baked squash and pumpkin into crockpot.
Add chopped onions, several chopped apples and carrots.
Add 1 can of lite coconut milk and 2 large containers of chicken broth.
Sprinkle with salt and cinnamon.
Cook overnight on low.
Puree and serve.
YUMMY!
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