Pumpkins Painting Made Easy & a Easy Cheesy Dip

Thank you every one for your well wishes! I do feel somewhat better today. Last night I watched a countless number of lifetime movies and made pumpkins while I did. So this morning I awoke to a table full of them ready to be painted. Every year I make hundreds of pumpkins; seems I sell more pumpkins than anything. I found the easiest way to paint my pumpkins is using this method..........
Mix orange paint with water in a deep plastic tub. WEAR GLOVES! After your paint is well mixed test one to see if you like the color. You may need to play with it to get the right color. And remember they dry much lighter.

Submerge your pumpkin in the paint and wring the paint out and submerge again and wring out. This is the easiest way to get in the sculpted cracks of the pumpkins which are very hard to do when hand painting.

Place on aluminum foil (the pumpkins won't stick to it) and sprinkle with cinnamon. Bake in a 200 degree oven or do what I did and sit out in the hot August sun :)

I am also working on these......they will have
stick arms and legs and most likely hold something or other.

Now for the dip! I got this recipe off a cream cheese box last year and I LOVE it! It takes about 5 min or less to make and you probably have the ingredients on hand.

1 8oz. block cream cheese, softened

1 can of chili with beans

1 c. or more of cheese (I usually use cheddar or a colby/jack blend)

Spread your cream cheese in a microwave safe dish. Spread the can of chili on that and top with cheese. Microwave for about 2 min or until cheese is bubbly and melted. Serve with Ritz or Townhouse crackers. YUMMY!