Last night I had a pumpkin carving party and it was a lot of fun. . Not all of my friends made it, but John, Bri, Bekah, Staci, Adam, and I still had a blast. We dressed up, ate food, watched Edward Scissorhands, drank cider and butterbeer, and carved amazing and wonderful pumpkin creations!
John, Bekah and I carved. Adam and Staci had to leave early to go to a concert and Bri served as backup (pumpkin scraper). Here they are in all of their glory.
Bekah's abstract art approach:
Being a free spirit and not wanting to be confined to a pattern, Bekah came up with her own design. Those curves are really hard to do. This girl is skilled with a knife (its ok to be worried).
John the traditionalist:
John went for the jack-o-lantern with a twist. I really like the eyes and have no idea how he got them to look like they are floating without them falling out. And when the lights are off its just plain scary. He bought the white pumpkin, its not painted.
Dana: What was she thinking?
Yeah I was the crazy one that had to do an awesome pattern. I've wanted to do one of these pumpkins for a very long time. In fact one year I did do one and I ruined it because all of the pieces fell out. I hadn't yet perfected my knife handling. Cutting out stencils for t-shirts really helped me with this one. I never knew carving a pumpkin could be so damn strenuous though. My arms got very sore from scraping at the inside to get it thin enough, poking the pattern into the skin, sawing intricate parts out with the itty bitty knife, and scraping the outside layer of skin off for the sides. I can definitely say there will only be one of these a year.
I had my heart set on a Jack Sparrow pumpkin. When I opened up the stencil I made for the t-shirt I did of it I freaked out because of all the little parts. I frantically searched my files for a different stencil that would be just as cool, but a wee bit easier for my nonexistent skill level. I found Sally and was sold. It really wasn't that bad. I have a pumpkin left and am tempted to do a Jack, but I don't think my body can take any more pain. This isn't one of the stencils I have made, but it can be found here.
Labels: musicals, Pumpkins, Sally, Sweeney Todd
