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Show us your pumpkin

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RebeccaMumsnet · 23/10/2012 11:05

Have you been growing a whopper of a pumpkin for Halloween? Or shop bought is fine

Do you and your DC carve a Jack O' Lantern every year? Or do you just want to show off your artistic brilliance?

Upload a picture of your pumpkin here for us all to howl ogle over and any top carving tips/pumpkin recipes you have, do share.

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FiveHoursSleep · 30/10/2012 21:52

And a scary witch

JollyJackOLantern · 30/10/2012 22:06

We bought ours on Thursday and carved them Friday.

On Monday we came home from work to find they had melted. That was somewhat unpleasant to clean up.

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RebeccaMumsnet · 30/10/2012 22:09

Just found this one online.
It's had me laughing so thought I'd share [hgrin]

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vodkaanddietirnbru · 30/10/2012 22:11

I carved one on sunday and another on monday. I sprayed the cut edges with wd40 to protect them a bit (you can use vaseline too) and they are still ok. I had to stick the one from sunday in a basin of cold water today as it was starting to curl a bit at the cut edges - I then dried it off a bit and resprayed with wd40. Hoping they will both last till tomorrow night.

Jas · 31/10/2012 08:15

Test ppicture of last nights effort

Jas · 31/10/2012 08:17

One of the most effective ones I've done, from last year

Jas · 31/10/2012 08:18

I wish I'd seen this thread earlier. There are lots of ideas for next year on here.

ReshapeWhileDamp · 31/10/2012 09:56

Grin at the pumpkin giving birth! Made by a doctor and apparently displayed in a hospital. Hmm

Poor Mama Pumpkin. On her back, cannulated so probably pumped full of syntocinon, baby apparently back-to-back ...

Grin
MothershipG · 31/10/2012 10:38

Día de los Muertos inspired this year's pumpkin...

MothershipG · 31/10/2012 10:39

Ok, I'll try again

vodkaanddietirnbru · 31/10/2012 10:41

that is fab - had to click on the wee box to see it

vodkaanddietirnbru · 31/10/2012 10:41

oh you're ok, its showing now

MothershipG · 31/10/2012 10:44

Third time lucky?

MothershipG · 31/10/2012 10:47

My 10-year-old DD did this one

vodkaanddietirnbru · 31/10/2012 11:20

she did a great job

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 31/10/2012 11:21

By ds1.

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 31/10/2012 11:21

By ds2.

OhlimpPricks · 31/10/2012 11:30

The face of evil.....

CuriousMama · 31/10/2012 14:24

OhlimpPricks!! [hgrin] Now that is horror!

HeinousHecate · 31/10/2012 16:08

Yours are all so fabulous! How are you all so great at this? Are you all professional pumpkin carvers or something Grin

Mine look awful in comparison!

HeinousHecate · 31/10/2012 16:09

And although you can't see it, I gave my pumpkin face red pupils and a silver filling in one of his teeth Grin

HeinousHecate · 31/10/2012 17:12

They look a bit better in the dark! Grin

secondtimemummy · 31/10/2012 17:31

Here are our pumpkins - Ben 10 and Hello Kitty!

ErrorError · 31/10/2012 18:29

Here's mine. First time ever carving a pumpkin! It's Oogie Boogie from The Nightmare Before Christmas...

ErrorError · 31/10/2012 18:30

oh no, image not working... it's just a jpeg.