Pumpkin Carving Time

http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf

love it!!!

Here's some crazy ones for ya...

http://www.extremepumpkins.com/

DD, I got this really cool book on pumpkin carving from the library. Definitely NOT your grandma's pumpkin! One of Indianapolis' best heart surgeons lives a block or two over from us and he always has a bunch intricately carved pumpkins on his porch every Halloween. Though when you come to think of it, if they weren't intricately carved, I'd have worries about him...

Here's some crazy ones for ya...

http://www.extremepumpkins.com/

Love these....wish I was this talented.

DD, I got this really cool book on pumpkin carving from the library. Definitely NOT your grandma's pumpkin! One of Indianapolis' best heart surgeons lives a block or two over from us and he always has a bunch intricately carved pumpkins on his porch every Halloween. Though when you come to think of it, if they weren't intricately carved, I'd have worries about him...

Mermy, carve some up and let us see them!!
SO....THAT'S what surgeons practice on....pumpkins!!

MANgo carves a very detailed pumpkin the night before Halloween.
Mine don't come out quite as good as his.:roll:
We never used any pumpkin preserver and a couple of days later they are finito.
Thanks for the link. I didn't realize one could use WD40 to preserve it, although it seems to make me a little nervous regardless of the fact the fella on the web site says it doesn't burn once it is on the skin of the pumpkin.

There are some great pumpkin carvng kits that you can get at any craft store that include stencils and all the tools to mark and carve the pumpkin. You basically poke holes through the lines on the stencils and then connect the dots with the carving tools. Some are really intricate, and they look awesome lit up at night...

There are some great pumpkin carvng kits that you can get at any craft store that include stencils and all the tools to mark and carve the pumpkin. You basically poke holes through the lines on the stencils and then connect the dots with the carving tools. Some are really intricate, and they look awesome lit up at night...

Got mine already. Love these. Just have a hard time deciding which one to use, they have so many choices.

MANgo carves a very detailed pumpkin the night before Halloween.
Mine don't come out quite as good as his.:roll:
We never used any pumpkin preserver and a couple of days later they are finito.
Thanks for the link. I didn't realize one could use WD40 to preserve it, although it seems to make me a little nervous regardless of the fact the fella on the web site says it doesn't burn once it is on the skin of the pumpkin.

We usually do a detailed on the night before trick or treat too. I always coat the pumpkin with vegetable oil. I think it preserves it and makes it look shiny and pretty!

We usually do a detailed on the night before trick or treat too. I always coat the pumpkin with vegetable oil. I think it preserves it and makes it look shiny and pretty!

We need to post our pics this year OL. That would be fun.
On that web site singinchken posted, they said vaseline works and that they sell pumpkin preserve (which I never have seen, maybe didn't look hard enough)
The veggie oil sounds like a good idea too.

Last year's Pun-kins I did......

Those are grayt!!!!

Last year's Pun-kins I did......

You go gull! You went all out! Post some more pics!

Here's a pic from last year...this one isn't quite as detailed as I remember. But it was funn.

It looks grayt! Y'all are so talented! Want to do mine?

Those are some cool pumpkins gulls.

I forgot that I had some pictures in the photo gallery from last years Sleepy Hollow pumpkin lighting. Tickets are sold out this year and I didn't get them early enough.