For many years I've carved
Halloween Pumpins large and small
Bats and Skeletons
Vampires and Demons
Scary Faces
Funny Faces
Vote 4 Obama
Vote 4 Kind
Ghosts and Graveyards
Witches and Sorcerers
Werewolves and Owls
I carved ten last year
This year I will carve five
Before that I carved three each year
From 1996 till 2009
I carved one a year from 1985 to 1995
So I've carved about 65
Carving pumpkins is quite easy
Get a serrated saw and some patterns
Put the pumpkin inside overnight
Or the pumpkin will be too wet to hold the design
Cut your lid at an angle so the lid stays on top
Scrape out the seed and pulp
Thin the pumpkin so your saw can go all the way through
Put on your pattern with scotch tape
Poke holes through the pattern into the pumpkin
Remove the pattern and follow it as you saw hole to hole
Carefully pop out the pieces
Use a plug-in light through hole in the bottom of your jackolatern
Carve it only one day ahead of display or day of to keep rot away
Enjoy and let others enjoy your halloween pumpkin!!