Pumpkin Carving 101

Well, maybe we should call it Pumpkin Prep 101. Because Dada does the actual carving. The kids do a great job of getting their pumpkins ready though.

1. Wash the pumpkin:

2. Draw a sketch of what you want your pumpkin to look like:

3. Draw your sketch on the pumpkin with marker:

4. Have Dada cut the top off and scoop out the insides:

(Later Mama will make toasted pumpkin seeds that no one ever eats. This is a bad tradition. But what else do you do with all those seeds?)

5. The next night, eat a lollipop and watch Dada carve out the faces:

Ta da:

Opal's cute pumpkin, Eben's one-eyed monster, Jasper's Robot Pee (Dada called it Special Ed) and Kivi's scare crow.