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We do both.First we go to a pumpkin patch here in our town. It is a family tradition and everyone gets excited the minute October begins. There is something about Fall, warm or cold apple cider and tons of pumpkins which just makes the day so much fun. We always buy three pumpkins. One for the family to cut out and decorate, which we put outside our door on Halloween night. The other two our children decorate. We do not cut them as they last longer and when Halloween is over, we then cut them out and I make homemade pumpkin bread, pies and roast the seeds.
ReplyDeleteUsually, we go to a pumpkin patch and then we paint our pumpkins. Our kids love to paint and it is safer than carving since our kids are all under 5.
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ReplyDeleteWe head out earlier in the month to a local pumpkin patch and partake in all the fun activities. I love the fall pictures with pumpkins in the backdrop.
ReplyDeleteThen about a week before Halloween we carve our pumpkins. Great time to express our creative side. Sometimes we free hand, sometimes we use the stencils. But we always seem to get a few to carve.
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Our daughter is not quite 3 and she just hasn't got into the whole carving yet. We're hoping next year and yes, messy is best! :)
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Depends on the year. This year ours is still intact. We are planning something different for it though. Sometime tomorrow we are hot-glueing a lego face on it. The little guy is really into legos right now and we made him a lego costume too.
ReplyDeleteWe paint as well. I love to do the pumpkin seeds too so we sometimes do both. Just found your blog and love it and all your great ideas! Thanks for sharing!
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ReplyDeleteWe always go to a pumpkin farm in oiur area. It has wagon rides, corn mazes, Hay bale climbing areas, dog shows and a boo barn. We love it!
ReplyDeleteI alwasy let my son get messy carving his pumpkin. We dig right in! We always try and make goofy faces on them. And of course we cook the pumpkin seeds after.
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We go to a pumpkin patch and have a blast every year. We usually paint the pumpkins. My DD is only 4 so we don't do the carving with her yet.
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ReplyDeleteWe always let the kids draw the face and scoop out the seeds, I always do the carving. Then we place a candle inside, put the pumpkin on the porch and step back and admire our work!
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ReplyDeleteI like to use the patterns and a special set, so the pumpkins are artistically done...other people just like to hack into their pumpkins and get pumpkin guts everywhere!
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We have had annual pumpkin carving parties. We invite everyone we know to bring their pumpkin and make a mess at our house. I clear off as many tables as I can find and cover them with dollar store table clothes in fall colors. I provide knives and spoons and carving kits. I mass invite, seriously, the more the merrier. Last time I had everyone bring an appetizer or desert. I had 40 adults + kids in my house. There were about 15 pumpkins carved and lots of visiting and good food to eat. I love casual fun of a good pumpkin carving party.
ReplyDeleteMost years, we carve and get really messy! I also read this year that sprinkling the inside and cap of a carved pumpkin, helps the pumpkin last longer. Sometimes, we attempt to carve intricate pumpkins and other times, we just make a funny face. I love to decorate for Halloween and our children enjoy helping. Inside and outside, our home says "Happy Halloween!"
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We open them up and play with th insides. We are all about sensory at our house
ReplyDeleteI always carve our pumpkins on Halloween day. My kids draw faces on theirs and I cut them out for them. I place them around my garden and on my porch and light them at twilight for the trick-or-treaters.
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ReplyDeleteWe usually carve our pumpkin a night or two before Halloween. This year, we even grew our own pumpkins for the first time.
ReplyDeleteWe just have fun. One year we got a pattern and used the jigsaw blade but it just wasn't the same.
ReplyDeleteLet them have Halloween and be proud of their own accomplishments. There's no need to try to 'win' by carving a better pumpkin.
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ReplyDeleteWe always leave the pumpkins intact and decorate with a whole bunch of colored magic markers.
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ReplyDeletewe carve ours, the kids love it. I always end up buying a painted one for decoration though
ReplyDeleteWe just leave the pumpkins as is and put them on the step. The one year we tried carving them, the kids absolutely hated removing the seeds from the pumpkin. They just didn't like the feel.
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We go to the same farm every year to visit their pumpkin patch. We eat apple pies and hitch a hay ride, pick our own pumpkins and use them as decorations. aitmama at gmail
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ReplyDeleteWe do not have a set tradition. We explore the area to find new and different pumpkin patches. Then we ask the kids how they want to decorate... giving them options i.e. carving, painting, gluing things on the pumpkins, sticking decorations in the pumpkin. This year my daughter painted a scary face and peace signs (she's 11) and my son carved and painted (he's 9) needed to paint for the "blood" effect.
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We pick up pumpkins from the pumpkin patch and then carve them. We buy three so each boy gets one and then we help them care them. Put the candles in and set them outside. We bake the seeds to eat.
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We go to the pumpkin patch every year and enjoy the festivities they provide there. We let the kids pick which ever pumpkin they would like.
ReplyDeleteThen my littlest one always ops to paint her pumpkin as she is not a fan of the ooey gooey but my older one gets in there and makes a lovely creation!
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ReplyDeletethe little ones get to design, the big ones get to carve.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to go to a pumpkin patch sometime but never have. I've always loved carving pumpkins but the smell makes me sick so I have to have someone else clean it out for me! I love trying to use stencils to make fun designs on them!
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ReplyDeleteI usually will carve the pumpkins with my grandkids...they have alot of fun doing that...then we bake the seeds to eat later on.,.thanks for the great giveaway
ReplyDeleteWe usually bought 2 or 3 pumpkins, and we did one ourselves, the kids got to do their own. Usually worked out well! We did the carving a couple of days before Halloween, so that it wouldn't become a "shrunken" pumpkin head!
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I have never been to a pumpkin patch and that sounds like it would be fun. Maybe we can take our grandkids next year if we can find one.
ReplyDeleteI've been printing out some cute pumpkin faces from Family Fun and we have been using those for carving pumpkins. Thank you for the great giveaway!
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We go to the pumpkin patch as a family and let the kids pick a pumpkin. Then my husband carves it for us to admire.
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You gotta jump in and get messy :)
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We are pretty artistic so we like to make elaborate creations.
ReplyDeleteWe do not carve pumpkins. We paint them and decorations to them. This year we sprayed them gold and silver and copper and them sprayed leaves from our trees and attached them. They really looked good.
ReplyDeleteWith the kids being little we hadn't started any traditions until this year and we carved our first pumpkin as a family! The kids LOVED it! :-) We grow our own pumpkins, so we haven't gone to a pumpkin patch yet, but I think it would be fun! :-)
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ReplyDeleteMy kids are still little, so they pick out the pumpkin design, I am in charge of mucking out the guts, and my husband is the resident pumpkin carving artist!
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ReplyDeleteI always let my kids do practically whatever they want to the pumpkins. They use sharpies to make designs and I do the carving. Then I let them go crazy and take the insides out. We do this outdoors of course.
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We go to the pumpkin patch and pick out mini pumpkins but leave as decorations.
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We usually go to a pumpkin patch twice; the first time is about two weeks before Halloween and we pick out smaller gourds, squashes and pumpkins for decoration. The week prior to Halloween we go out and pick out our pumpkins to carve. We always just dive right in to carving! We love getting messy and having fun with patterns. This year, though, we tried to do something new and did freehand patterns. They turned out really good!
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We've grown our own pumpkins several years, which has been fun for the kids. Neither of the kids like touching the "slimy guts" of the pumpkins, so I end up cleaning them out ahead of time. As they have gotten older they like using the patterns to make more elaborate designs.
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ReplyDeleteWe always have several pumpkins. One that the family votes on what design will grace it and one for each kid to carve themselves. I am queenesperfect at yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteWe usually carve our pumpkins, but this year I guess we got a little lazy and just opted to have them as decorations. Thanks for the chance!
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I let the kids get all the gunky pumpkin guts out all by themselves and they tell me how to cute the pumpkin faces.. its fun
ReplyDeleteWe are bad carvers in our family, so we just set them out and leave them through Thanksgiving (or until they get mushy).
ReplyDeleteThis was our first year as my girls are two and one. I cut off the top and let them take turns scooping out the insides. They refused to use their hands, girls. I had let them pick out the face they wanted and they watched me as I carved it. It was fun and maybe next year they will even help carve a little.
ReplyDeleteMy kids are grown, so the pumpkin carving mess is over until my granddaughter is old enough to want to do it!
ReplyDeleteWe drive to the Pumpkin Capitol of the world to get out pumpkins every year!
ReplyDeleteWe always have the kids clean the goo out of the pumpkins and then we roast the seeds!
ReplyDeleteWe like to carve the pumpkin as soon as we bring it home. There is a place nearby that sells them every year and we get them there!
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We use resin pumpkins as decoration along with hay bales and a scarecrow.
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When my kids were small, we'd carve a pumpkin together and then roast the seeds for snacks.
ReplyDeleteWe have a great time at our local pumpkin patch every year! The kids love to get messing carving the pumpkins. I cringe watching them but they love it!
ReplyDeleteI let my boys each pick out a pumpkin then decorate it with paint and glue and anything they want. They are young so the creations are very creative
ReplyDeleteWhen my kids were kids, we let them choose their own pumpkins, They would draw the faces and my husband and I would carve them before they were big enough to use knives. Then I would bake the pumpkin seeds for us to snack on over the next couple of days. Now I just use whole pumpkins for decorations.
ReplyDeleteWe do both - it's fun to carve one out and enjoy the pumpkin seeds but having a full pumpkin also means you have a "fall" decoration for a few months!
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I enjoy going to fall festivals and admiring pumpkins, but it's been a while since I've done one of my own! I live alone and nobody would see my pumpkin, so I don't buy or decorate them anymore. I just make extra pumpkin pies and cakes to feel pumpkin-y! ;)
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My daughter likes to draw a face on the pumpkin, but does not want us to cut it up because it would ruin her drawn face! It is usually a very cute picture. Also, we visit the pumpkin patch maze at our local vegetable stand. They set it up so the younger kids don't get lost! Thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteWe go to the Pumpkin Patch. My daughter picks the pumpkins, and at home picks the patterns. I carve them!! Thanks for the chance.
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ReplyDeleteWe like out pumpkins to last longer, so we buy them in early October and paint them. They last throught the entire Halloween season
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We leave the pumpkins alone and save ourselves the mess. We use them to decorate our porch.
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ReplyDeleteI buy one pumpkin each for the kids and let them carve it how they want. Then we stick a candle in it, set it outside, and admire it.
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ReplyDeleteNo specific traditions, but when my kids were small, we had to carve the pumpkins. They didn't consider it appropriate to just use them as plain decorating items.
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Every year we get 2 pumpkins - one to carve and one to make Pumpkin Stew (Beef Stew cooked inside a pumpkin). We have the pumpkin stew on Halloween right before trick-or-treating. The kids help pick out the pattern to use on the other pumpkin but dad does the actual carving.
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We usually go to the same pumpkin farm that is about 45 minutes away. They offer a hay ride out to the patch to pick your own pumpkin. Every pumpkin is the same $5, you just have to be able to carry it yourself. It is so much more fun and affordable than "easy access" pumpkins. To decorate, we usually get the kits with the push pins and little saws, but I do all the sawing.
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ReplyDeleteWe have our own mini pumpkin patch and if we have an unsuccessful year we pick at a local farm here in town. We definitely carve and get some crazy looking jack-o-lanterns since the kids draw the faces!
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We used to do the pumpkin patch thing when our daughter was young, but nowadays it's grocery store pumpkins - intact!
ReplyDeleteWe usually let the kids draw on the faces, and my dh cuts them out.
ReplyDeleteWe get a pumpkin for each member of the family every year, and we all sit at the table and carve them together. Even the toddler does his with the baby proof stencil kit tools. In fact, his pumpkin came out kind of cool looking this year! He did get a little assistance from his teen brother, whose lap he sat on the whole time to do his pumpkin.
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ReplyDeletewe all choose the pumpkin. the kids scoop it clean, my hubby carves a scene on it, and i roast the seeds!!
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ReplyDeleteI let my kids get messy, I have 5 kids so it gets really messy! Even the youngest, our one and a half year old gutted his own pumpkin this year :)
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I was totally bummed that my boys did not want to carve the pumpkins. They sit intact.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of our tradition isn't the carving but roasting the seeds...we try different recipes & flavors...Yum!
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Our pumpkin patch (a farm about an hour from our house) closed down a couple of years ago, so we buy our pumpkins at a local grocery store. My husband and kids carve our pumpkins by using stencils and they are fabulous.
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ReplyDeletewe went to the pumpkin patch this year and picked our pumpkins but did not get around to carving them
ReplyDeleteThis was the first year my young son could try and decorate the pumpkin. We used stickers of all shapes and sizes and he was so proud of his handi-work.
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ReplyDeleteEach of my children get to choose their own,I cut the top off for them,they clean it out and make a wonderful mess doing so and then we carve it together.
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Every year we go to the farm together, do the maze the ride and carefully pick our pumpkins. There are 9 of us and our rule is if you can't carry it, it is too big. We each choose a pattern and carve our own. You would be amazed how well the little ones can do with a simple pattern. Then, we enter the jack-o-lantern contest in town and the children are elated when one wins a prize for their hard work.
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We have a family get together every year to carve pumpkins. And the kids paint or use stickers on their pumpkins :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite thing from carving with my mom was roasting the seeds and pulling all the gunk out with my hands! I have no kids yet but I will let them go wild with the pumpkins!
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It's better to let them draw the face, first on paper to practice then on the actual pumpkin. Then adults do the cutting.
ReplyDeleteEvery year we go to the same pumpkin patch just outside the city! We let the kids pick out 2 pumpkins - one for carving and the other for my wife's pumpkin pie (she always bakes a fresh pumpkin pie each Halloween)!
ReplyDeleteSince we have small children, either my wife or I do the carving of the pumpkin, but we always allow our children to help share in decorating the front porch for 'Halloween Madness'!
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We do the carving. We just dive in and get our hands messy and have fun.
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This year we carved one and painted one. I hate messes so it's always done outside.
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We go to the pumpkin patch down the road (think rural and you are thinking about us.) The we carve the pumpkins on the front porch. Its a half day family activity that takes place generally about three weeks before Halloween.
ReplyDeleteWe usually purchase our pumpkins at the local grocery store or from a near by farm. We help the kids carve them and have them pick out a design for them.
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We let the kids dive in and do what they want. Sometimes the carve them and other times we have painted them. We let the kids decide what they want to do.
ReplyDeleteWe have unfortunately never been to a pumpkin patch. As far as carving goes, we just all dive in and have fun with it. Fun is what matters.
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ReplyDeleteI like leaving my pumpkins "as is" in the house but it just seems wrong not to put one carved one outside every year. Adds so much to the front porch and the kids know a head of time which house will for sure be giving out candy.
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My father grows pumpkins for our girls. We always go to his house in October for the girls to pick out their favorite pumpkin from "Papa's Pumpkin Patch" and take it home and carve them. We take pictures & email them to my dad so he can see the girls handiwork!
ReplyDeleteIt's very warm where we live so carved jack o lanters only last a couple days. A few weeks before Halloween we buy pumpkins and paint them, then two days before Halloween we actually let the kids (with out help) carve the jack o lanterns. It's a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteEvery year I take my kids to the same huge pumpkin patch and we do all the activities...they are getting a little older now but I still think traditions are always fun and the memories are priceless. I let them pick out whatever they want and I help them get together a picture off the web of something they want to carve. If they need help then I am there but otherwise I just watch and let them make a huge mess, why not? It is fun to see what images they choose every year as we are usually into different characters!
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We usually buy a pumpkin at the store and come home to let the kids dive into the mess. But this year my grandson didn't want to cut up his pumpkin so it is still sitting intact in my living room.
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We all carve a pumpkin together and then bake the seeds in the oven.
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We let everyone get messy, my eight month old was covered this year. I just let her rip out the insides as much as she wanted and watched for it all going into her mouth (which a lot of it did)
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We go to a farm with a pumpkin patch and a "maize maze". Then we get home, make a mess with the innards and carve silly faces into the pumpkins!
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ReplyDeleteWe get the tiny pumpkins to sit around as decoration. Also, each kid gets to pick our their own Big pumpkin, and mom & dad share a pumpkin. We all spread out on a big plastic sheet and go to town on our pumpkins and then share them at the end!
ReplyDeleteThis is the fist yea we carved pumpkins(and will do it again).I let the kids take all the insides out of it and they instructed me as to the way it should look.It was a fun evening.Thanks!
ReplyDeleteWell the last few years we just get a few pumpkins and admire them in their natural state. Next year I want to try to carve them like the really cool ones you see on tv with people's pictures and things like that. They are so inventive with the things they do with pumpkins these days.
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We paint our pumpkins. We've never had very much luck carving, and we all really enjoying painting funny faces.
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ReplyDeleteWe usually clean out the pumpkins first. Then we let the kids draw faces on the pumpkins, and we carve them for them.
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Hubby usually decorates a pumpkin - he scoops it out and then draws and cuts. He says pumpkins are easy, in Scotland they carve turnips!
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Every year a week before Halloween I print out stencils and we carve the pumpkins as a family.
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ReplyDeleteWe grow our own pumpkins, then when they are ready to carve, we find some cool free stencils online to print and then we go to town on carving and ALWAYS bake the pumpkin seeds!!
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We don't really have any traditions other than carving a pumpkin.
ReplyDeletewe let the kids go crazy with their own pumpkin. All three can draw really well so they draw the design on the pumpkin and then get to carving. They have made some really good ones.
ReplyDeleteSince the girls are older we let them go nuts. They haven't much cared about the pumpkins themselves more about the party food etc.
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