This project came to me just in time for me to pour my love for the season of Fall into an art piece! I am not really sure what to call this thing I made. I collaborated with my tool-clad father on this one. He is a builder by trade and I was able to rely on his carpentry skills to make this work. I began with a 2'x4' piece of plywood, painted it with acrylic paint, watched it dry and handed it over to my dad to finish. He did the cutting, the wood supports and the weather proof coating.
I've documented the process here for creating a wooden cut-out for kids to stick their faces in and get their picture taken.
It will be displayed at a pumpkin farm in Kansas City, MO. We have a lot of farms around here that have Fall-ish type activities for families. Stuff like pumpkin patches, apple-picking, chicken-feeding, honey-eating, animal-petting, hay-ride-riding... you get the picture. It is the stuff I dream of all year round. Perfect weather, Autumn smells, leaves turning beautiful, and great scenes for picture-taking. That is where I come in on this project. I will get to add my piece of silliness to the farm and hopefully make somebody smile for a moment!
Thanks and appreciation goes out to Craig O'Reilly at www.ahwyfireworks.com. His pumpkin farm will be the new home for this colorful cut-out. I hear he's got a lot of nice mums.
