Pumpkins

Pumpkin Carving

29 October 2010

We’ve been taking it easy this half term as Lily’s still getting better, so we’ve spent most of the week making Halloween decorations and pumpkin carving. We used a template from a book we bought and then got scouping and carving. These we made for my Mum and her neighbour, and we’ll make more for [...]

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Pumpkin

11 October 2010

Yesterday my family were really sweet and let me have a nap, while they popped to the supermarket. And they bought me a present back, this fabulous looking pumpkin. Which is a really, really perfect pumpkin with a difference It’s tiny! I’m dying to get more of these and make them into mini lanterns for [...]

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Pumpkin Carving

27 October 2009

We started our pumpkin carving last night and I managed to finish two pumpkins for my Mum and her neighbour, but I did think my hand were going to fall off afterwards. Honestly it’s such hard work! Lily did the scraping of the insides – apparently that is the best bit Then I used the [...]

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Pretty Pumpkins

18 October 2009

I love the trend in the US for using pumpkins as a decoration in autumn rather than just having them as a purely Halloween item. Does anyone know where I can get white pumpkins or their seeds so I can grow them for next year? I’ve not seen them anywhere and I’d love to use [...]

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Pumpkin Carving

14 October 2008

I love pumpkin carving it’s one of my favourite things to do with Lily. I discovered a couple of years back that I have bit of a talent for it (as long as I have a template! You can buy them in supermarkets or download them) and this year I have actually taken a couple [...]

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