Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest

 

Will spent hours creating his masterpiece ~ and it was the Best of Show!

Saturday, October 23, we had our Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest.  It is really fun to see the creative energy that starts flowing.  Will spent a couple of hours on his pumpkin . . . he cleaned it out and scraped it  until it was just the right thickness . . .  

Here's Will's intricate carving

 Some of the designs are pure inspiration and others are taken from patterns that come with the carving tools or from the internet.

Brittany and Ethan

Sydni and Jacob ~ this year's judges, thoughtfully contemplating the awards

 We give out awards ~ one for every pumpkin . . . most creative, best of show, funniest, etc. Jacob and Sydni judged this year's contest, took their responsiblities very seriously and they did a great job!

Just a few of the 20 pumpkin creations.

 

Charlie and his Alls Hallow Tree

Charlie ~ "Most Frightful Award"

 Charlie and Grandma worked on his pumpkin together.  He chose the design, then we both worked on cleaning, marking and carving the pumpkin. 

Tiffany and Ray ~ the Pumpkin Seed Chefs



Brett likes baked pumpkin seeds, so Tiffany  and Ray decided they would gather the seeds . . . it became a stalwart project . . . with 20 pumpkins, they ended up with tons of seeds, and we were up playing games after 1:00 a.m. just trying to get all those seeds baked . . .Tiffany created different flavors and they were good!



The cutest pumpkins~ Ashton, Hunter, Charlie, Kourtni and Ally

Cory, Ashton, Hunter Brittany

Megan and Ethan

Brett and Tiffany

James, Will, Charlie and Arianne

Sandy and Ray