Its that time of year. It is also my favorite season and pumpkins are my thing. Show me your creations.
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Does anyone carve pumpkins?
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Funkychef
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My very first pumpkin as I come from a country that doesn't really celebrate Halloween. But it was fun. Next year will be better
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I don't, as I'm not usually trusted with sharp objects. 
I love yours, though! I know you have a pumpkin obsession, and those came out great. I really like the "sideways" one.
Did you buy some pie pumpkins to make food items? I actually made pumpkin cookies for my friends camp weekend, but he's allergic to nuts so I used dark chocolate chips in them. They were really great, as I do a caramel-type frosting. I almost never make cookies- I had to go to the store to buy flour and sugar- but my daughter and grandkids came over on Monday and were shocked to find that I had cookies on hand. Both grandsons looked at me rather suspiciously, like "Who ARE you?"
I love yours, though! I know you have a pumpkin obsession, and those came out great. I really like the "sideways" one.
Did you buy some pie pumpkins to make food items? I actually made pumpkin cookies for my friends camp weekend, but he's allergic to nuts so I used dark chocolate chips in them. They were really great, as I do a caramel-type frosting. I almost never make cookies- I had to go to the store to buy flour and sugar- but my daughter and grandkids came over on Monday and were shocked to find that I had cookies on hand. Both grandsons looked at me rather suspiciously, like "Who ARE you?"
Roadie
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Love pumpkin carving. I did a good Yoda a few years ago but can't find a picture. Here are a couple from past Halloweens.
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holy crap my jack o' lantern on the porch sucks. ha ha
You made a Jack o'Lantern of Keith Richards?????
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HA, that's supposed to be Einstein but if you mess his hair up I guess there are similarities!
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Haven't carved any in a couple years, but here's the last one I did;
Had to go back to supermotors.net to find the old file.
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Just did one yesterday... No light yet though.
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DANG, Melana, you were a busy lady!
LOVE all these. Haven't carved any in years, we don't get trick-or-treaters here at all.
LOVE all these. Haven't carved any in years, we don't get trick-or-treaters here at all.
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We do for/with the boys. Haven't carved ours yet. Meant to do it over the weekend.
I'll have to dig up some of the good ones I've done over the years, but this is what we do at our fall company pick-nick after the competition carving:
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Here's mine for this year. I'm running for local office and in a time honored rural tradition I'm campaigning at the transfer station with my signs stuck in hay bales and my pumpkin along side.
These are incredible. i'm going to have a crack at one later in the week. Never made one before.
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Blurry pic of my Heisenberg pumpkin
MarshmallowBlue
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More coming FRIDAY!!!!
LoneTreeFarms
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a couple I did for the girls this weekend. Captain Hook and Scooby
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Don't tell anyone but I just bought myself three more (how could i NOT... they are $5 each) pumpkins.
Joe Cartoon punkin!
KPBrews
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A little Stone Brewing Co for ya...
Roadie
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I've found that once carved my pumpkins don't last more than a day so I won't be carving until Halloween afternoon. Not sure what I'm going to carve this year but was thinking about Yoda again since Star Wars is a big deal again.
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I saw a really cool death star pumpkin online during my search for inspiration.
LoneTreeFarms
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I've seen that one it looks like it would take forever!! I usually like to drink a beer or two while I'm carving, but I don't think I would be able to stay sober with the amount of time that would take, haha.
Roadie
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I've never done a shaded one before mine are simple cut-through and that takes me long enough!
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I'm going to attempt a shaded pumpkin tonight.
I love carving, but not sure I have the time. I actually am thinking about brewing a batch of beer and fermenting inside the pumpkin.
or maybe just hollow out a pumpkin, drill a hole and insert a spigot, and fill it with carbonated beer and have a pumpkin firkin. I'd combine the names and call it a "Pump-kin"! (Ha ha, I'm just kidding. I'd actually call it a "Fir-kin".
I've done the shaded before and they aren't as hard as you might think. I've even taken a drawing/photo and imported into Photoshop and created the "Pumpkin Masters" style template from scratch. Once you have the, the rest isn't too hard.
or maybe just hollow out a pumpkin, drill a hole and insert a spigot, and fill it with carbonated beer and have a pumpkin firkin. I'd combine the names and call it a "Pump-kin"! (Ha ha, I'm just kidding. I'd actually call it a "Fir-kin".
I've done the shaded before and they aren't as hard as you might think. I've even taken a drawing/photo and imported into Photoshop and created the "Pumpkin Masters" style template from scratch. Once you have the, the rest isn't too hard.
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Beer? Who has time for that? Actually I am wishful for a serene brew day.
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Keep carved pumpkins in the fridge when not on display & they'll last a lot longer. You can also cover parts without rind with plastic wrap to help keep it from drying out & shriveling so fast, keep an eye out for mold though.
Regards, GF.
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No need for refrigeration here....
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