Question #1: What kind of faces do you tend to carve into your pumpkins?

Question #2: Do you get grossed out by touching the inside-gooeyness of the pumpkin?

I don't know why I care, but I do... :rolleyes:

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I usually do whatever on the pumpkin...I LOVE getting the guts out of the pumpkin! It's fun!

I always put a happy face in my pumpkin. I like to carve on a tall skinny pumpkin rather than a short fat one. I don't get grossed out by touching pumpkin guts. Actally I kind of like the smell and feel of pumpkin guts. It puts me in the Halloween mood.

I cut whatever i can...mostly non-straight lines! lol

The first time that I put my hand in that gooey stuff is the worst every year. I always forget what it feels like until I feel it again and I hate washing it off, cuz it all dries on my hands, and it's like glue. Ewww....lol

I've never carved a pumpkin before, lol..

I do diffrent designs every year...my mom makes me do like 5 carved pumkins...argh fun fun...............


Nope, Im used to it by now...LOL I pick through the center anyways to save the seeds to bake....so it doesnt bother me at all

I carve anything I feel like carving at the moment into the pumpkin, and nope, I love touching the insides of it, it's all gooey and stuff

Originally posted by Jo's the bomb
I've never carved a pumpkin before, lol..

Earth to Jenny, where have you been? Saturn?




:p

If you get a chance, go out and get one of those pumkin carving kits. They come with these great patterns you trace onto the pumpkin and cut out with special tools. Some of the designs are tough to do, but they really look great!
Last year, I helped a friend make a pattern of Darth Maul's face, and it looked really cool when he cut it out.

Originally posted by Kay Scarpetta


Earth to Jenny, where have you been? Saturn?




:p I was abducted? :ufo:

Btw, did you know that a pumpkin is actually a FRUIT??:idea:
There's a big field in the north end of Auburn here going out toward Kent where they grow pumpkins. The whole field now is dotted with orange ...

Who likes baked pumpkin seeds?

WHO LIKES PUMPKIN PIE????!!!!!!!!!:liplick: pumpkin:

Aren't there supposed to be better utensils, devices, etc. for carving pumpkins? It doesn't look safe doing it with a kitchen knife...:nonono:

Last pumpkin question: ANYONE EVER BEEN VISITED BY THE GREAT PUMPKIN???

Eh.....I don't really enjoy carving pumpkins, lol. But then I don't enjoy anything artsy...I get all frustrated, lol.

Originally posted by Blair's My Cherry Pie


Last pumpkin question: ANYONE EVER BEEN VISITED BY THE GREAT PUMPKIN???

...no.

Well, I know that YOU haven't been, Karli...for the obvious reasons....;) :lol:

You DO believe in the Great Pumpkin, don't you??:confused:

Originally posted by Blair's My Cherry Pie
Btw, did you know that a pumpkin is actually a FRUIT??:idea:
There's a big field in the north end of Auburn here going out toward Kent where they grow pumpkins. The whole field now is dotted with orange ...

Who likes baked pumpkin seeds?

WHO LIKES PUMPKIN PIE????!!!!!!!!!:liplick: pumpkin:

Aren't there supposed to be better utensils, devices, etc. for carving pumpkins? It doesn't look safe doing it with a kitchen knife...:nonono:

Last pumpkin question: ANYONE EVER BEEN VISITED BY THE GREAT PUMPKIN???

wow...didnt know that

me i love them

nope :(

yeah, last year my mom got the martha by mail kit and it has like 2312842373127746237896423 diffrent tools to use on the pumpkin....But she lost it so now I use like carpender's linolium cutter and a huge knife....

Originally posted by Blair's My Cherry Pie
You DO believe in the Great Pumpkin, don't you??:confused:

What exactly is the 'Great Pumpkin....'? Never heard of it before

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind


What exactly is the 'Great Pumpkin....'? Never heard of it before

I take it you have never seen "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."

Get thee to Blockbuster immediatly!!!

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind


What exactly is the 'Great Pumpkin....'? Never heard of it before

ahhhhhh! the Great Pumpkin visits sincere childrens pumpkin patches on Halloween night (according to Linus in Peanuts)

and YES i believe in The Great Pumpkin. :D

I do all different designs- i like carving scenes more than faces, only last year I painted them instead of carving them which leads me to my next point....

ew ew ew! pumpkin guts are EW. yeah...it bothers me.

Originally posted by Titania

ahhhhhh! the Great Pumpkin visits sincere childrens pumpkin patches on Halloween night (according to Linus in Peanuts)

Yup....Linus is awesome btw LOL.

Originally posted by Montana Ponine

Yup....Linus is awesome btw LOL.

lol yes! Linus is the best.

Originally posted by Titania


lol yes! Linus is the best.
Yeah!!!! *high fives Cara*

I carve happy faces on pumpkins. As far as the insides go I like to roast the pumpkin seeds. Very tasty!pumpkin:

Originally posted by Penny Lane
I carve happy faces on pumpkins. As far as the insides go I like to roast the pumpkin seeds. Very tasty!pumpkin:
Roasted pumpkin seeds are pretty good. My neighbor is like obsessed with them LOL.

haha thanks for the info....I will have to look out for the tape....


Omg, I love pumpkin seeds...but the ones I have gotten lately taste like skunk?! omg....did anyone else notice this...lol

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind


What exactly is the 'Great Pumpkin....'? Never heard of it before


:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Originally posted by Blair's My Cherry Pie
You DO believe in the Great Pumpkin, don't you??:confused:

...no.

Originally posted by Kay Scarpetta


...no.


Then I guess you don't get any presents when he comes flying through with his big bag full of toys on Halloween Night.:nonono:

Originally posted by Georgia's on my Mind

Omg, I love pumpkin seeds...but the ones I have gotten lately taste like skunk?!
:eek: :eek: :eek:

Don't eat them.

I carve whatever strikes me at the time into the pumpkin. Sometimes I do scenes, sometimes faces. I tend to prefer scary faces. We have all year to be happy and only one day to be scary...I say carpe diem! But I have been known to carve smiley faces. Last year I got these tiny cookie cutters shaped like a bat, a ghost, an owl, a cat, etc. and used those to poke holes in the pumpkin. It turned out pretty cool.

I have actually never eated pumpkin seeds, though we used to make them every year for my mom and my sister. Back then I was young and not adventurous to try them, and now we don't do it anymore. Perhaps this year I will. Someone tell me how to do it....temperature and time, etc. Please. :)

I don't mind pumpkin guts too much, though I'm not jumping for joy at the prospect.

I've heard Dremel tools work well for carving pumpkins, though I've never done it myself ;)

I loooooooooooove pumpkin pie.

Anyone ever carved the pumpkin where you just take off the hard outer core but leave the inside part, so when the light shines though it's translucent? Try it, you can make some cool effects.

I don't even go pumpkin picking...i couldnt tell you the last time i carved a pumpkin..lolz...maybe this year things will change...