Monday, October 30, 2017

Pumpkin Carving!

The first time I did Pumpkin Carving at my library was back in 2012 and it was a BIG hit! Everyone had a fantastic time, so I decided to bring it back this year!

For this program, pumpkins would be provided by the library free of charge to attendees. I was able to get a good deal on them by going to our Pumpkin Guy who had a patch a few blocks away. Attendees WERE required to bring their own carving supplies. I preferred that they did that so they were familiar the knives, carving blades, etc they were working with. I also picked up some mini carving kits from the dollar store. The best part of the kit was a mini blade for hard to reach places. Leading up to the event I posted a couple of YouTube videos on the best ways to carve/preserve pumpkins.

I had 13 out 15 of my signups show up! I call that a success!

I created my flyer.



Purchased my Pumpkins.



Prepped the room for the carving and printed out some stencils. I layered the floor and tables with newspaper to protect them from pumpkin juice, seeds, and pulp.





Carved some pumpkins!















Overall, people had a good time and I am glad I did this program!

Here is the pumpkin I carved as well!

(Jack Skellington)
Any questions? Let me know in the comments!