Halloween Discussion Forums, Costumes, Horror!

I carved 97 pumpkins and my oldest daughter carved 7 pumpkins. I also carved 9 wedding pumpkins. We were haunted scarecrows this year.
Look at my web site below to see four years of pumpkin carvings.

http://picasaweb.google.com/ntiegs

WOW! How long did it take to carve all of those? I carved a couple and it took a while.
Do you cut all the way through or just take off the outer skin?
I have done it both ways.

I really admire your love for Halloween!!

OMG.

I was so tired that night I only got ONE carved!

I know that's lots of pumpkins to carve!

And, I do remember "pumpkinwoman" is also a member on Haunted Bay Forum.

It takes me forever just to carve one!

I can only do carve 2 or 3 pumpkins every year. Over 100 pumpkins - too much work for me!

I take one entire day to gut all the pumpkins. I take another entire day to draw on all of the pictures. I then take another entire day, 8am to 2am, to carve them all. I carve them out. I do not scrape the skin. I take another day to put up the display and the haunted yard.
My two daughters, 19 and 18, help set things up. My oldest carved 7 pumpkins.
I have done this for about 20 years. I love carving but I hate gutting the pumpkins. My arm is all cut up and bruised when I am done.

Sounds like you are pumpkin lover, pumpkinwoman!

Or, should I say Jack-O-Lantern Lover?

Does anyone grow all of there own pumpkins?

I have been growing all of my own for the last two years. I could not believe the price of a single pumpkin at a pumpkin patch this year. I was glad I had my own garden. It takes up quite a bit of room but its worth it in the end.

I have several people who donated pumpkins. I purchased 50 of them from an Amish family for a $1.25 a piece. I don't have a big space to grow my own. I wish I did.