Yesterday evening was family pumpkin carving night. Here's how it began:
The Baconator, after fierce competition among characters, chose Big Bird's pattern to adorn our pumpkin. These patterns come in a nice packaged kit with carving tools and a happy, smiling Elmo on the front. Very appealing to new Moms and Nanas.
Two slices with the toothy carving tool and the blade bends in half. After I straightened the blade back out, two more slices snaps it off completely from its handle. A little "Aaargh" from Momma and I grab a Chicago Cutlery knife. That did well enough to remove the stem cover piece.
Bacon and Daddy rolled up their sleeves for the gooey removal of the "pumpkin guts". With ewws and ohhs, Bits had a great time taking out the guts with the little kit's scooper.
I proceeded to punch little holes along the pattern which would not stay securely taped on. After all the little punches, I attacked the guide lines with a small knife. An hour or so later and a beak that was looking very odd. I gave up to defeat.The carving tool would have worked perfect for this (too bad its currently in two pieces).
With Mike's encouragement and a moment of quite reflection, I finished carving the pumpkin into a very nice, classic jack-o-lantern with two triangle eyes and a wide grin; very professional indeed.
The pumpkin was placed back on its resting spot on the porch and we all took a minute to admire it outside in the rain lit by two electronic candles.
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