One of my all time favorite fall time activities is pumpkin carving. I can remember carving pumpkins ever since I was a wee little one. My whole family gets really into it each year and we end up buying a ton of pumpkins just to carve. We use the Pumpkin Masters carving patterns to make our jack-o-lanterns. These patterns really make our otherwise plain pumpkins into great pumpkin masterpieces. I think I would still be doing the two triangle eyes and zig-zag mouth if I didn’t have these patterns to go of off (not that there is anything wrong with a classic pumpkin!) My family has a stockpile of older carving stencils because some of the best patterns are in their older books.
My mom stuck to a witch theme this year
This past weekend, Rose and I made a trip up to New Hampshire in part to see the gorgeous fall foliage but also in a bigger part to carve pumpkins! My mom had about 12 pumpkins waiting for us when we arrived. Here are the lovely and spooky jack-o-lanterns that we made:
My creations for this year
It was so hard to choose which pattern to use because my family has so many good ones!
Rose’s creations!
Now hopefully they will just last until Halloween…
Tell us: do you like to carve pumpkins for Halloween?
Do you use the carving patterns or free hand it?
Which is your favorite pumpkin we carved?? (don’t worry, you won’t offend anyone 🙂 )