We’re doing ours tomorrow. Last minute, but my husband is the carving expert and he’s been out of town. We get three pumpkins, one for each kid, and they always have interesting ideas of what should go on the pumpkins. We’ve had a unicorn pumpkin, a dragonfly, a devil mantis…rarely just a jack-o-lantern face. Yesterday we went to the orchard to pick out the pumpkins and ended up with three behemoths. Just looking at them makes my pumpkin-gut-scooping arm tired.
Each of the kids draws a picture of what they want their pumpkin to look like. My husband will then re-draw the design on the pumpkin in a way that lets the final carving look like the drawing. It’s messy and fun, and we’re always surprised by what the kids come up with. I’m also carving up two sugar pumpkins to bake and puree for pies and breads!