2011 Pumpkin Carving Contest Results: A Pumpkin Carving Good Time!
Every year some friends host a pumpkin carving contest. They gather together a handful of friends and setup teams who have one hour to carve a pumpkin from start to finish. It’s a lot of fun, and if you know me, you know that I love competition. This year was different because Jocie and I were on different teams. Her team put together a very creative pumpkin, and I thought for sure it would win first place.
Even the “burger bun” is a pumpkin. Pretty sweet right?
My team went in a different direction. We carved one of the pigs from Angry Birds with a pumpkin hat. On the backside, we attempted to create the image of the Red Bird that would glow on the wall behind the pumpkin. It was pretty ambitious for only having one hour. Too bad it didn’t really work.
Honorable mention goes to the team that created the alien bursting from the chest pumpkin.
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October 19th, 2011 1:14 pm
So which one actually won? First one is my fav.
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Ethan Reply:
October 19th, 2011 at 1:17 pm
Good question Jeff! I actually didn’t picture the winner because they lured voters with bacon wrapped shrimp and home made chocolate truffles. Their pumpkin wasn’t very good…
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Joe Reply:
October 19th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
but I would gladly participate in that bribery!!!
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Ethan Reply:
October 21st, 2011 at 2:33 pm
Yeah I voted for them too. The shrimp were too good.
October 19th, 2011 2:11 pm
Last year my pumpkin was eating a baby. I am very tempted to make one with an exposed cauliflower brain.
I got a little string of 50 lights that I used to light up my pumpkin, it was super bright!! also, it is important to cut the bottom out of the pumpkin, as opposed to the top. It leaves a much cleaner looking pumpkin, and allows you to insert said Christmas lights into it.
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October 19th, 2011 2:51 pm
My favorite pumpkins from years ago were Bert and Ernie. I’d attach a photo, if I knew how!
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October 20th, 2011 11:26 am
Haha at the alien one. I should really try and get more creative with carving.
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August 23rd, 2012 11:29 am
Love pumpkin carving. My little kids love the inside ‘goop’.
Huge Fan, Jen
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