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Pumpkin Carving Fun
Pumpkin Carving Fun
TFK News Team Reporter Terrence Cheromcka discovers pumpkins can be ships, porcupines and so much more!
 |  This spooky pumpkin was colored with permanent markers. |
|  Is it a pumpkin or a dragon? |
Creative Carving
About 30 local artists carved pumpkins at this year's pumpkinfest. They had six hours to carve 100-300 pound pumpkins. The pumpkins were bought from a local farmer. I spoke with artists Carl & Dianne Mill. Their style was unique. They used carrots as cannons, a squash for a bow, and pumpkin shell for sails. What did they turn their pumpkin
into? A pirate ship! The Mill's pumpkin won best of show.
|  This pirate ship took home the top prize! |
Sean Newman used the guts of his pumpkin to help his design. Others were more traditional like Bob & Mike Lawless who made a rotating haunted house. Other cool pumpkins included a dragon, which won for best ink drawing; people holding hands which won for most peaceful pumpkin, and a porcupine, which took home the sharpest pumpkin prize!
I was so fascinated by the picture-perfect pumpkins that I wanted to learn a few pointers. Here are a few tips from the pros:
|  This peaceful pumpkin was a big hit! |
- Pick a smaller pumpkin so it is easy to finish.
- Use a spoon to carve gook out of the middle.
- Use a knife to cut out shapes and a pick to get at small lines.
- A permanent marker is good to use to draw the design on the pumpkin first.
- If you want your pumpkin to be really good, research your design first.
- If you need design ideas you can do a cartoon animal or a funny or scary face.
- If you want to write something, keep it short.
