{"id":462,"date":"2020-10-16T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/?p=462"},"modified":"2020-10-16T13:50:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:50:23","slug":"pumpkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/2020\/10\/16\/pumpkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkins!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-463 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_0398-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_0398-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/files\/2020\/10\/IMG_0398.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>What can we do with Pumpkins other than carving them into Jack-o-lanterns?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pumpkins come in so many different shapes, sizes and colours. \u00a0Some are meant only for decoration like &#8220;gourds&#8221;, some are great for baking and of course, ones for carving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you have a pumpkin\/pumpkins, consider these activities before carving them:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Painting and drawing on the pumpkins<\/p>\n<p>Drawing\/sketching pumpkins using them as inspiration<\/p>\n<p>Use stickers to decorate the pumpkins<\/p>\n<p>Hammering golf pegs into pumpkins, great for eye-hand coordination<\/p>\n<p>Guessing game of the weight of the pumpkin. \u00a0Measuring the diameter, height and width<\/p>\n<p>Will it sink or will it float?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Once it&#8217;s carved:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Counting and sorting all the seeds<\/p>\n<p>Roasting the seeds<\/p>\n<p>Using the seeds for art collage<\/p>\n<p>Planting the seeds<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I wonder what you&#8217;ll do with your pumpkin? \u00a0Please share any ideas you may have. \u00a0I love hearing from you all. \u00a0Have fun exploring Pumpkins!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can we do with Pumpkins other than carving them into Jack-o-lanterns? Pumpkins come in so many different shapes, sizes and colours. \u00a0Some are meant only for decoration like &#8220;gourds&#8221;, some are great for baking and of course, ones for carving. &nbsp; If you have a pumpkin\/pumpkins, consider these activities before carving them:\u00a0 Painting and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9830,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":465,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462\/revisions\/465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/cascade-strongstart\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}