Garden Goodies!

Presenting ... Garden Goodies! This is Kate's school's entry for Atlanta Botanical Garden's Scarecrows in the Garden event, which officially starts on Thursday (October 1). I had the opportunity to serve on the scarecrow committee with three other moms. It was fun! I was excited to do so because back in August, Tanna and I had actually discussed entering a scarecrow of our own. We thought about doing a Michael Jackson scarecrow (Tanna's idea), but it was going to be too expensive. I do have a funny idea for next year, though--we'll see if it pans out.

Anyway, for Kate's school, we went with a candy theme. I just adore it! Originally, it was going to be a little more elaborate and feature a door with a couple of trick-or-treating scarecrows and lots of candy all around. But we thought that might be a bit much, so we scaled it down just a bit and went with more of a garden/goodies theme. I think it is adorable! I love the colors! I also love how it is cute and kid friendly and fall/Halloweenish without being scary.

The scarecrow's cupcake costume is from Pottery Barn Kids (you may recognize it because it apparently is pretty popular). The candy corn pinwheels are metal and were ordered from Terry's Village. Some of the older students at Kate's school helped make the colored lollipops. Don't they look fantastic? Suzanne, who is an artist, painted the larger lollipops. And Nancy found these cool lampshades at IKEA--we glued them together and wrapped them in cellophane to make giant candies.


Here are three of us at drop-off the other day. That's me, Diane, and Suzanne (with one of her cute boys). Diane was our fearless leader. She kept us on track and organized and really worked hard on this project.


Here we are at one of our meetings week before last. This is at Suzanne's beautiful home. That's Diane, me, and Nancy. Funny small-world story: Nancy happens to be the sister-in-law of Aundrea, a friend of mine from Charlotte! In the background on the far left, you can see one of Nancy's adorable sons. :o)


Here's another one from that same day. It was a fun project, and I can't wait to see the school's scarecrow exhibit all set up with the other entries later this week. Check it out if you get a chance!