Today the girls spent a couple of hours working on their pumpkins. We picked them up a couple of weeks ago when they were on sale at Superstore for $1.97.  There was a time when I use to carve three pumpkins, now I just provide guidance to the girls. They still talk about two years ago when we got to busy and didn’t get pumpkins that year.

I still cut the tops off the pumpkins with the big knife.

Angela getting right into her pumpkin.

Claudia getting a little more leverage from above.

The pumpkin guts bowl.

Chloe wondering what all the excitement is.

Gillian taking a break from homework to carve her pumpkin.

Claudia transferring her pattern to the pumpkin.

Gillian attaching her pattern. We still use some old carbon paper we have, one day we’ll run out and then we’ll be in trouble. Do they even make black carbon copy forms anymore?

Angela’s pattern.

Angela wearing her pumpkin carving hat.

Next step was to score the pumpkin skin to prepare it for scraping off the skin.

Chloe outside, no longer wondering what all the excitement is.

Gillian catching up.

Angela wearing her pattern mask.

Closeup of the pumpkin seeds and guts.

Gillian scoring her pumpkin.

Claudia finished carving her pumpkin and putting some vaseline on to keep it from shrivelling up.

Gillian still at it.

Angela doing some of the detailed carving.

Applying the finishing touches.

The final product. Angela carved Totoro, Gillian did the Angry Bird and Claudia carved Mario. They did a great job on their pumpkins.

Gillian’s pumpkin.

Angela’s pumpkin.

Claudia’s pumpkin.