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With the all important sky controller for scale!  ;D

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/Mrsava/pumps_sky.jpg)

Not bad considering they have to rely on mother nature for nourishment!

And look at this baby!  I can't remember it's name, but it is tiny and perfect, like a caracature!

(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a364/Mrsava/small_pumpkin.jpg)

Beauts EJ!!  They are going to be great fun to carve! ;D

They look lovely EJ, we got one large one and four (now three because we ate one already) medium sized ones for carving. Last year I carved my one too early (about 2 weeks before halloween) and it started going slimy and soft, being a little more patient this year and will do the carving a couple of days before halloween.

What tools does everyone use to carve? Or are we talking straight forward sharp knife here? Fancy doing something a bit more intricate this year.

We bought pumkin carving kits about 10 years ago that have brilliant little saws in them, alas last year they finally gave up the ghost! ;D  Oh tried to cobble together some more using blades from the jigsaw, which kinda worked but no where near as good as there is no handle to grasp.

Have found this which is exactly what we use,

http://www.pumpkincarvingkit.co.uk/

and think that waitrose sells them for £6.99...........which now means I have to visit waitrose so I can get new ones! >:(

Diana over the years of pumkin carving we have tried everything, (drills are fun to make holes!) but the little saws have the flexiblity to get into small corners, knives always seem to cut off an important bit!

Here are some pics from lasts years fun using the old tools, as you can see we are a bit fanatical about pumkin carving!! ;D  ;D  ;D

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/bermujan/Halloween%202004/Image029.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/bermujan/Halloween%202004/scaredycat.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/bermujan/Halloween%202004/all.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/bermujan/Halloween%202004/Image003.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v176/bermujan/Halloween%202004/phantom.jpg)

Those are excellent DP, puts my efforts to shame :)

We use the pumpkin carving knives, and Asda have them and I think they are cheaper than that DP....oh, of course, you don't have an Asda  :D ;) :D.

Soooooooooooo impressed by yours though, certainly beats the old scary faces.  I don't normally get involved, I am in charge of clearing up and getting all of the pulp into a pan ready for soup and curry, but you know, this year, we have enough so I can have a go!  Must plan my design!  ;D

Wow Dp - mine just get eyes, nose and jaggy mouth  :(

Brilliant as usual DP.

This is REALLY spooky wardy - mine too! It lasted ten days, and got droopier and more sinister as it 'went'. Grisly black fungus underneath, dripped all the way to the compost bin this morning.