Invariably, they will start with the cleaning of the pumpkins and then lose interest (neither of them particularly like messy hands); they will then reappear when carving begins and proceed to tell us (their minions) how to carve their pumpkins. After that, we are left to get creative with our own pumpkins.
Here are some of our past pumpkin carving attempts...
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| Our last four years of pumpkin carving - some are a little strange (like D's three-eyed pumpkin). |
As discussed in This is Halloween... Part 3. Decor, we also get munchkins and turn them into vampire pumpkins (using plastic dracula teeth). Super cute! And we also use pumpkins for decorating and serving food - particularly guacamole and crisps. The children LOVE the 'being sick' pumpkin. Kind of gross.
D decided that this year he would like a Darth Vader pumpkin and A decided on a 'happy smiley pumpkin' (so flipping cute!). Both boys started helping and then decided that it was easier for mum to do their pumpkins - so they became my supervisors instead. After that, D decided that he should be the judge for our annual 'Pumpkin Carving Competition'. He said that we all won - hehe!
So here they are... our 2016 Pumpkins:
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| Darth Vader, Harry Potter and his Patronus, a Creepy Insect/ Bat thing, Happy Pumpkin and Tinkerbell |
We love looking up new ideas online and then we enjoy trying them out. This is probably not the greatest idea, as there are so many gorgeous FREE templates these days online; but we like having a bit of artistic freedom.
Have you carved pumpkins? We'd love to see them! Please send us a pic, or comment below.
Did you know? Boston holds the record for the most Jack O'Lanterns lit at the same time. The record is for over 30 000!!!!
Last day of my week of Halloween fun tomorrow - hoping to see you then!
Kalli x
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