We love carving pumpkins for Halloween.
The kids talk for weeks beforehand about what they'll make.
Rick couldn't come home to do do it this year, since he came home early on Monday to go to the blaze AND was coming home early for Trick-or-Treating on Friday. Rebekah had play rehearsal, so it was just the three younger kids and I for this years masterpieces.
Jane (lover of all things baby) had to have a baby pumpkin.
She picked this tiny one out herself.
The kids talk for weeks beforehand about what they'll make.
Rick couldn't come home to do do it this year, since he came home early on Monday to go to the blaze AND was coming home early for Trick-or-Treating on Friday. Rebekah had play rehearsal, so it was just the three younger kids and I for this years masterpieces.
Jane (lover of all things baby) had to have a baby pumpkin.
She picked this tiny one out herself.
She really loved her "baby pumpkin."
She also really loves candy - especially candy corn.I was trying to think what we could carve onto such a small pumpkin, when Emily had the good idea to make a candy corn on Jane's. It was very quick and easy, I just free-handed it, and Jane was thrilled with the result.
Scooping is always the yuckiest job.I scooped the little kids - but Emily scooped her own.
Jacob was very excited to make a snowman pumpkin this year, and then at the last minute decided he wanted a vampire. He actually did all the pattern tracing himself, and even carved a lot of his. He did a great job. I'm hoping that in the next year or two he can do it all independently.
Emily did all of hers herself - except the part where two bats were together. "Let me do that part" I told her - they were close & it would be tricky. I cut them carefully, and then as I popped it out with my thumb, I broke it. Sorry Em! She's such a good sport, she said she thought it looked cool anyway.
Lit at night -
Baby Candy Corn
Vampire
Flying Bats
Jacob decided the day of carving not to make a snowman. I'd already bought three descending in size pumpkins ... so I decided I'd make a snowman.This is the one from the "Pumpkin Heads" book.
and here's my guy!
I planned on only cutting part of the way through the button holes, since that's what it looks like in the book, but went a little too deep on one and it all came off when I was scooping out the circle.It turned out to be OK, because when I went to light it at night, it didn't glow as well with some flesh still there, (even though I put 3 candles in the bottom one) I think the pumpkins might have been too big to do it that way. I ended up cutting all the circles the whole way through.
What shall we make next year ???
4 comments:
Oh, Jane's is just so cute! They are all absolutely brilliant. I love the snowman idea. And how massive are your pumpkins?!!
We don't get those type of pumpkins in Australia, it's a bumer. The ones we get are grey skinned (I think they are japanese pumpkins)and are so hard to cut through at all. You literally need an axe! I would be telling my kids that next year we are going to have 'invisible' pumpkins...then all you have to do is stick a candle on the door step. Done!
Yours look great though Tan.
You guys did such a good job - they all look great. I do love Liesa's invisible pumpkin idea though.
Awesome pumpkins--I love all your Halloween posts!
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