Pumpkins on Parade

We've been to several Halloween parties this month. One of them featured pumpkin carving as an activity. We brought pumpkins and carved them. They look quite lovely when lit by a candle at night. I'm not sure they'll last until Halloween, so I took these photos today.

This beautiful model features the eyes as windows to the soul. The rest of the design is a variation on a classic theme. It was designed by our youngest, carved by one of the adults, and further decorated by the designer.


Here is the pumpkin designed by the middle child. It combines a classic pumpkin theme with an added piratical flair. This handsome squash displays an eye patch and a hat in addition to the X'ed eye and the raffish goatee. The skull-and-crossbones carved into the lid glows most alarmingly in the night.

The design was conceptualized by the child, drawn onto the pumpkin by me, and carved by the main knife-wielding adult.


The oldest child came up with the concept for the pumpkin to the left. It is an ominous-looking spiderweb. The spider was drawn on afterwards. The knife-wielder did most of the actual design work during the carving process. It looks wonderful when lit by the candle inside.

If we manage to take a photo of these pumpkins at night, with lit candles inside, we'll share the photo with everyone.