Is Pumpkin Carving a Fun Halloween Activity or a Waste of Time?

I use power tools to do mine it's alot of fun to see what you can create with a drywall router with a sharp bit !!!

We are not a religious family. Pumpkin carving is one of our traditions. We get more creative every year. Halloween is our favorite holiday. :)

Got a large pumpkin on sale, carved it today, set it out on the pici-nic table where my neighbors in the adjoining apt. who are ill can see it, got some tips on what more to do with it (lol), baked the seeds, and I've a huge mound of pumpkiin flesh is in a large roaster in the oven to 'boil'---don't have a big enough pot to do it on top the stove. Got two candles in the pumpkin, and though this is the first time I did it alone, it has been fun. Gotta run, want to get a picture now it is dark, before more kids come...oops too late. lol

Now I've got my photo. Oh, and I'm one of those crazy Christians, dressed in black, with a long black wig on, and Oddesey playing in the background. It is all in fun, depending on ones heart.

I always wanted to carve a pumpkin it would be nice to have done it when I was a child.

Oh, even if you were not allowed to Trick or Treat...I'm sorry you didn't get to, but you can now.

Still not too late, Princess. Carve a pretty one or two for table decorations for Thanksgiving. Think out something for Thanksgiving ahead on paper, then carve then, bake the seeds with some seasoning, and cook up the pumpkin meat for real pumpkin pies. Let me know, if you do it, how you did...okay.

Ok, I will do it. I am sure my boyfriend will do it with me. Thanks, I will let you know, how it goes.

Thanks Princess...Have fun, dear.

It has been a while, but I remember it being a lot of fun, then cooking the seeds!

You can really get creative carving a pumpkin face.

For me it is like planning a trip to the ER .....

I love carving them... or letting the guys carve while I roast the seeds.

We brought 2 large pumpkims, we carved the first one, used the carved pieces to make pumpkin soup, which was terrific, and we made pumpkin seeds to. We still have the other to make pumpkin cheese cake, more seeds and maybe more soup.

I've carved some pretty creative pumpkins.

I love carving pumpkins!!!!:-)

I have seen marvelous works of art arise from a carved pumpkin.

ive never done it.

My daughter loves it and I help her

Used to love it but now it's just more of a chore. The kids still do it though,

And kids love it!

It's fun - and in addition, you can wash and save the seeds for roasting and eating later!

The seeds taste better toasted and lightly salted .

One of the good memories from my childhood.

small children with sharp knives- what could possibly go wrong?

using adapted tools (http://www.pumpkinmasters.co... under parents supervision should be fine

Thats a stereotypical response from a progressive. People who think like that suck the fun out of life. Where's your sense of adventure?

They have pumpkin carving tools that are perfectly safe and with adult supervision.....fun sucker

We always had fun when our kids were real young.

its tradition

I carved mine yesterday. It's still fun to do! :)

It's fun, and even though my children are almost grown, we still love doing it each year. I'll do it even after they've left the house, and gone out on their own. It's just fun.

(edit) and I love taking the pumpkin seeds and roasting them, and making pies out of the mush. Pumpkins are fun, lol.

There are some things more fun, but not many.

I've never done it but it seems like fun

If it's fun for the kids, it's fun for me. I will do anything to see them smile and having a great time.

It's fun and crafts, but I have no where to put it....

For me; my 2 cousins are the only ones that come here to trick or treat. I live back off of the main road and people don't travel off the main road.

If it's with people I enjoy being around, it's fun. If not, then I don't like doing it.

It's fun for adults to try (carvings can be very intricate) and older children too.

Here's a master of pumpkin carving:

http://villafanestudios.com/g...