Getting ready for Halloween
Oct. 27th, 2003 11:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hellziggyI had to carve a pumpkin for CotP's Samhein celebration this Friday, and I decided to get overly ambitious and do two of them using the nifty pattern books that I picked up on clearance last year. The first one has carvings on the back too, specifically to generate a cool shadow.
Of course, I don't think I've actually carved a pumpkin since high school, maybe even junior high... And back then I didn't have to deal with cleaning out the pumpkin. That was a job for mom & dad, and I just had to carve.
I just have one thing to say about cleaning out pumpkin guts:
EWWWW!
I was so squicked out by it that I grabbed some rubber gloves to wear so I wouldn't have to actually touch it! But once they were gutted the carving wasn't so bad. I was actually impressed with how they came out, so I think I will enter one in the carving contest at work. Which of the two should I enter?
Of course, I don't think I've actually carved a pumpkin since high school, maybe even junior high... And back then I didn't have to deal with cleaning out the pumpkin. That was a job for mom & dad, and I just had to carve.
I just have one thing to say about cleaning out pumpkin guts:
EWWWW!
I was so squicked out by it that I grabbed some rubber gloves to wear so I wouldn't have to actually touch it! But once they were gutted the carving wasn't so bad. I was actually impressed with how they came out, so I think I will enter one in the carving contest at work. Which of the two should I enter?
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Date: 2003-10-27 10:13 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-28 12:49 am (UTC)(you can put pumpkin in curry, it works really well...)
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Date: 2003-10-28 06:03 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-29 08:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-28 05:55 am (UTC)Nice job!
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Date: 2003-10-29 08:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-28 08:17 am (UTC)At least to me, I still haven't actually touched a real pumkin.
I will do it this year though, they're popping up in stores everywhere.
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Date: 2003-10-29 08:56 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-28 10:47 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2003-10-29 08:57 pm (UTC)Very Effing cool!
Date: 2003-10-28 03:46 pm (UTC)Re: Very Effing cool!
Date: 2003-10-29 08:58 pm (UTC)