Halloween Pumpkins

I'm not carving a pumpkin this year. However, I did do some carving last year and in 2009. The Hello Kitty is a basically a relief carving.

 My 2011 Hello Kitty Pumpkin

My 2011 Hello Kitty Pumpkin

My 2011 Hello Kitty Pumpkin

 My 2009 Toothy Pumpkin

My 2009 Toothy Pumpkin

I used a paring knife, a Leatherman Micra, and an XActo knife. I'm thinking about upgrading to clay sculpting loops in the future. I usually do some internet searching for inspiration and my 2009 pumpkin is an "homage" to another pumpkin.

I won some movie tickets for the Hello Kitty pumpkin from my workplace. However, there was only one other entry in the pumpkin carving contest that year.