I received some emails asking about my last post, so I thought I’d post about that post:
It’s not waterproof… so only paint with this if you are going to put your pumpkins in a covered area. It washes out, but it may be smart to cover your children in a garbage bag with the head and arms cut out or just have them paint in their undies. Chance is pretty clean, but he DID get some on his shorts. I’ll let you know if it doesn’t wash out… but I’m sure it’s fine.
I had Chance paint on top of his place mat, which actually took some time to scrub out because it’s not a totally smooth surface. If I were to redo it, I would have either laid out newspaper or just let him do it on the table so it wiped off easily.
I also bought the cheap foam paint brushes (for $.33) so that we didn’t have to clean up too much. I used one of my smaller regular paint brushes for the detail work on the big pumpkin, but kids don’t need that. Just OCD perfectionists like me 
Anyhoo… we’ll most likely wash the paint off the pumpkins in a couple weeks and carve them. I’ll let you know how that goes. Yikes.
After painting your pumpkins, take them in a well-ventilated area and spray them with a clear, glossy indoor/outdoor glaze (found at craft stores). Even if your pumpkins sit on the front porch, the painting will last for weeks!