Halloween Archives | The Wildflowers

I know- I’m writing this on October 30th. The pumpkins are almost gone. But maybe you’ll read this for next year! I will admit- I took the girls in the very beginning of October when the selection was so so good. We went back with Blake as a family just one week later and it had already dwindled down.

But that’s going to be true of any place- go early for the best selection.

I titled this one “easy” place to get pumpkins because this is not one of those pumpkin patches with family activities or food and snacks. This is simply a place on the corner of a middle school that you can stop by and grab some great decorative and carving pumpkins. But they truly have the most unique pumpkins I’ve ever seen. Different shapes and sizes. All sorts of pumpkins and squashes. And if you go early, they have beautiful apples and veggies.

In years past we have gone to the little place on 12 South because that’s our favorite neighborhood and it’s fun to walk to street in the fall. BUT. In all honesty, they just don’t have that great of pumpkins (sorry! I still love you 12 South!). They’re either bumpy or lumpy or marked up and not good shapes for carving.

But this place seriously has perfectly shaped, beautiful pumpkins. And it’s super easy to get to.

Address: 4425 Granny White Pike, Nashville, TN 37204 | Located on the corner of John T. Moore Middle School

Tips:

Park in the circle drive of the middle school
They have awesome carts to carry your pumpkins that also make it super easy to take them to your car
They do NOT accept credit card. They prefer cash, although they do take Venmo payments under “Market Fresh Produce”.

This was such a fun craft day project for Charlie, my 3.5 year old. It was easy to set up and we had all the supplies already at home- WIN/WIN.

Found it on Busy Toddler. The mom from this blog did it with one side of a large cardboard box and blue painter’s tape.

Charlie has eyeshadow on her cheeks from putting on my makeup while I was in the shower-ha!

Charlie and I did it with natural craft paper from Ikea and decorative tape from Michael’s because that’s what I already had in our craft closet. Get creative with what you can use! I also chose to tape it to our front porch floor with masking tape because I knew Charlie would work well like this. And it was a beautiful fall day so I wanted us to be outside. But you could also tape it to a wall or art table- up to you and what works for your set up.

Supply List:

Paper or Cardboard
Tape- scotch tape or painter’s tape
Paint + brush- your choice!

I made the design by making a rectangle first with the tape. Then an X. Then a cross. Then Charlie helped me make the web design by sticking small pieces of the decorative tape to connect the X and cross. She actually loved this part as much as the painting. We used our Crayola Washable Paint and Charlie put some crayons out too but ended up only using paint. I just let her do her thing!

Once it’s dried, pull the tape off and voila! A custom spider web. We put Charlie’s finished project outside on the front porch. Happy Halloween crafting: ) Post your spider webs if you try this project!

Nashville Guide – Our Favorite Easy Place to Get Pumpkins

Spider Web Craft with Paint + Tape