The point is pumpkin carving!
The kids and I started pumpkin carving last night. Raechel (9) had a little struggle figuring out how to carve a vampire bunny, but found a good (not undead) bunny carved pumpkin image online that got her thinking in the right direction (the classic put a circle around it solution). She got a little ambitious carving her circle and almost detached the bunny from the middle, but that's easy to fix with a few toothpicks, so our vampire bunny is is good shape.
Ethan, who turned 5 a few weeks ago, gutted his pumpkin with minimal assistance after I cut out the top, drew on a face with marker, poked holes along the lines so he had a chance to use the hole-poking tool, then cut the eyes and nose out all by himself. I did the mouth for him, though. He was going for scary:
Cain (10), is still on his Harry Potter kick, and gave himself a very ambitious pumpkin - he wanted to carve a quidditch match. He knew I used skinning/sculpture methods, and thought he might do the same, but ended up simplifying it to cutouts, not that its particularly simple. The entire design and execution is his.
I think his speed lines are going to look awesome. He's a little disappointed that he didn't get more detail into the players, but I'm pretty impressed, myself.
Audrey hasn't worked on her pumpkin yet - I think she's doing it today or tomorrow during the day. I started mine last night, but I have a lot more work yet to do. Here's the finished part:
I'll post more pics when they're all done and lit up!
I love carving pumpkins. I think tonight's going to be a lot of work, and next year I may have to get a dremel to make it go faster if I do another complicated one.
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