Category Archives: Halloween

Carving Jack O’Lanterns with Kids

We started with 3 pumpkins.

Each boy chose a design from one of our template books.
We scooped out the gunk.

We saved the seeds for roasting. 3 batches this year: salt only, spicy, and sweet.

The boys each carved their own design. This was the first year everyone was able to carve relatively unassisted, which left me pumpkin-less. I didn’t expect to miss carving, but I did. So next year we’ll have to pick 4 or 5, so I can carve one, too.




They did a fantastic job!


The jack-o-lanterns looked quite scary in the dark (the skull and ghost did, anyway.)

But they weren’t the scariest things around here…
We had a ghost,

a mad scientist,

and a very pretty princess!

What a crew!