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Melt In The Sun
 Post subject: This year's pumpkins
PostPosted: October 28th, 2010, 11:51 pm 
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Tonight we had our sixth annual pumpkin carving party...here are the results!

Shrek:
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Mad Hatter:
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Cheshire Cat:
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I forget the name of this guy:
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My friend's wife (actually kinda looks like her):
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Zombie Hello Kitty:
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Joker:
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Ninja Turtle:
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Corpse Bride (lousy picture of this one...):
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Owl:
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All together now!
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 Post subject: Re: This year's pumpkins
PostPosted: October 29th, 2010, 12:09 am 
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WOW :cheers: the Joker is my fav! any tips on how to make them turn out that good?



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 Post subject: Re: This year's pumpkins
PostPosted: October 29th, 2010, 7:18 am 
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Those are fantastic! Please do tell us more about how to create the masterpieces.

MeltInTheSun wrote:
I forget the name of this guy:
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Is this a mogwais or gremlin?



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PostPosted: October 29th, 2010, 7:51 am 
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Oh, they are sooooo awesome! Thanks for the smiles first thing this morning,
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Butterfly wrote:
Those are fantastic! Please do tell us more about how to create the masterpieces.

MeltInTheSun wrote:
I forget the name of this guy:
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When we carved pumpkins (back when the dinosaurs roamed,) there were patterns that one could put on the pumpkin to get some awesome results.

Is this one named "gizmo" from "Gremlins"?



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 Post subject: Re: This year's pumpkins
PostPosted: October 29th, 2010, 9:59 am 
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Yes, Gizmo is the name; thanks Dora!

We use stencils from http://www.zombiepumpkins.com . You can get some stencils for free in various places, but you've generally gotta pay for the good ones.



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WOW! Those are AWESOME!!!!



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PostPosted: October 30th, 2010, 8:33 am 
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Those are awesome!



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PostPosted: October 31st, 2010, 11:38 am 
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Really cool. Haven't been able to carve pumpkins in 4 years (arthritis) so I just watch the kids hack away. Not nearly as fancy as this!!!



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 Post subject: Re: This year's pumpkins
PostPosted: November 1st, 2010, 11:41 am 
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One more for good measure...did this one yesterday for the church youth group's Halloween party.

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PostPosted: November 2nd, 2010, 11:21 pm 
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"But my lips really hurt."

I love that stupid movie! Those punkins are awesome!!! Somebody went and smashed most of the pumpkins in town. We didn't get one this year, but the neighbors all had a few and I woke up to streets filled with orange parts.



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 Post subject: Re: This year's pumpkins
PostPosted: October 31st, 2011, 1:40 pm 
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The seventh annual party was Saturday...pumpkins for this year!

Marvin the Martian, Noah's Ark, Homer Simpson, and Wil E Coyote:
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Masquerade, Snowman, and the ark again:
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Homer again, Castle, and Snoopy flying:
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Calvin and Hobbes:
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