thewritefox

It’s October (my favourite month) and almost Halloween (one of my favourite days) so that means it’s almost time for pumpkin carving (one of my favourite activities)!

I grew several pumpkins this year but I also ended up buying a couple since only one or two of my own grew big enough to carve.  At the moment I’m planning on carving at least three pumpkins… two from ready-made patterns and one other (to be revealed once it’s carved).  For the time being, I thought I’d share some of my jack-o’-lanterns from the last couple of years.  Either on or just before Halloween, I’ll post pictures of this year’s pumpkins.

Now, I’m not even close to being an artist, but a couple of years ago I got it into my head that I HAD TO carve Stargate pumpkins.  Since I couldn’t find any patterns on the Internet, I learned how to make my own from photographs.  They don’t always turn out perfectly, but I still have fun with them.

Colonel Sheppard (with a partial Stargate) and the Wraith Queen were my first attempts.  These were done for Halloween 2010.

Last year I did a carving of my favourite hockey player, Kevin Bieksa (kind of messy but at least my sister’s students liked it!)

Also in 2011, I did some more Stargate pumpkins.  Here are two of them… Dr. McKay and Colonel Sheppard.

Like I said, I’m no artist but I have a lot of fun with pumpkin carving and that’s what counts, right?

Does anyone else have a love for pumpkin carving?