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This topic has 16sd replies, 8 voices, and was last updated 17 years, 4 months ago by Kokaneeandkahlua.

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- 10/15/2008 at 12:26 PM
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  So, we carved some pumpkins last night! Tried to give Boston a piece of the pumpkin and she did not like it! she sniffed and tasted it, but then actually ran to her cage to eat hay instead! haha!
  
  We managed to get a good “family pic” out of it though!
  
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- 10/15/2008 at 12:27 PM
  Beka27
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  i love the family pic! so cute!
- 10/15/2008 at 2:04 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Aw…Great pic!!!
- 10/15/2008 at 3:04 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Awww cute!!
  
  You’ll have to post more of your pumpkins! Lets see your talent
- 10/15/2008 at 3:22 PM
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  The ghost’s are curtesy of my boyfriend. I did the cute little monster!
  
  My first ever, by the way! I had never carved a pumpkin before!
  
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- 10/15/2008 at 3:36 PM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Those are great!!! Wow!! I’ll so be embarassed to post my pumpkin after those and ScooterandAnnettes pumpkin pics!!
- 10/15/2008 at 5:30 PM
  Cassi&Charlie
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  I don’t understand pumpkin carving…explanation please if possible? I’ll google it
  
  What a gorgeous family picture! How do you get Boston to stay still? If we tried that, all we’d have is two bunny tails as they hopped away!
- 10/15/2008 at 6:03 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  You can read the wiki on Jack o’lanterns to get some background on why they’re done – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_o_lantern
  
  It’s gradually moved from carving crude scary faces into the pumpkins to do more elaborate and creative designs. Some of them are the cut-through style, some are more of a scraping/shaving (that’s what I’m more fond of doing) and some combine both techniques.
  Then if you really get into it you can get into sculpting, and colouring, and all kinds of really creative things.
  – Annette
- 10/15/2008 at 6:51 PM
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  Can someone put a link to ScooterandAnnette’s? I’d love to see!
  
  If you look close, there are some pellets in front of Boston–keeping her there! Normally, if we just pet her, she will eventually lay still, but it was dark in the apartment and she was intigued by the light of the camera, so we tempted her with food! The first pic we took is a close up of Boston cuz she took off running toward the camera right as the pic took.
  
  (took the pics on a self timer, so the camera was sitting on the floor!)
- 10/15/2008 at 7:15 PM
  Cassi&Charlie
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  Hahaha, thats so funny. You have to be tricky to get good pics with buns
- 10/15/2008 at 7:18 PM
  ScooterandAnnette
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  I’ll have to put them up on something other than photobucket so that they’re a little more accessible.
  
  In the meantime here’s 2 more – The first sett is from the first year I tried the shading technique. The second one is from last year.
  
  BTW I don’t *think* I’m going to be trying anything quite that impressive this year. But we’ll see. I’ve got 6 pumpkins to do so….
  
  – Annette
- 10/15/2008 at 7:20 PM
  Cassi&Charlie
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  Wow, thats crazy! That’s a pumpkin! Aussies are missing out on something awesome.
- 10/15/2008 at 10:52 PM
  (dig)x(me)x(now)
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  I really don’t think I could do the shading/shaving type of carving! The skin is too thick and lumpy. I lack the patience and control!
- 10/16/2008 at 6:01 AM
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  I actually fnd it easier than the cut-out technique! With the cut-out I’m always accidently cutting off parts that I want to keep and end up with a bunch of toothpicks stuck into it trying to hold pieces on or together.
  
  I started out with a kit that I found in store – I can’t see it online but I’ll dig it out soon and see who makes it. It had a few really great tools for doing the shading including a little V cutter for doing the edges/cutting through the skin and one for scraping off areas for shading. I just bought a nice woodcarving set (thank you 50% off coupons for Michael’s!) that will make it much easier. But it’s pretty much just like colouring – you put the pattern on, go around the edges, and then fill in the rest!
  
  Some people go really extreme with their pumpkins – you should see the ones this guy does! villafanestudios.com/pumpkins.htm
  
  – Annette
- 10/16/2008 at 7:14 AM
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  Wow those pumpkins are amazing! I’m going to buy a couple tomorrow – yea. I might have to hit Michale’s (craft store) too!
  
  Allenj1 – love the pellets in front of Boston – great idea.
- 10/16/2008 at 7:51 AM
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  I bet the pumkins last longer when you shade rather than carve?
- 10/16/2008 at 11:11 AM
  Kokaneeandkahlua
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  Those are amazing!!!
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