Saturday night my wife and I hosted our annual pumpkin carving party in our space-challenged condo. We had 24 adults and 9 kids over, and everyone got to carve a pumpkin and check out our Department 56 Snow Village displays. We didn't create anything elaborate as far as landscaping goes, but the displays still came out wonderful, as both parents and their kids really appreciated the spooky spirit.
We gave out prizes for best carved pumpkin, scariest carved pumpkin and cutest carved pumpkin. It's really a fun party and a good alternative to the traditional halloween costume party. You can create fun treats like mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in dough with capers for eyes), pumpkin muffins (use two pans of pumpkin bundt molds), and of course, a good amount of assorted candies and scary shaped cookies. For the kids, you can get Mr. PotatoHead-like face parts to place on the pumpkins instead of giving them carving utensils. You can also opt for markers or paints -- but I'm not recommending the paints!
Here is a slideshow gallery of some of our Snow Village Halloween scenes and carved pumpkins:
We gave out prizes for best carved pumpkin, scariest carved pumpkin and cutest carved pumpkin. It's really a fun party and a good alternative to the traditional halloween costume party. You can create fun treats like mummy dogs (hot dogs wrapped in dough with capers for eyes), pumpkin muffins (use two pans of pumpkin bundt molds), and of course, a good amount of assorted candies and scary shaped cookies. For the kids, you can get Mr. PotatoHead-like face parts to place on the pumpkins instead of giving them carving utensils. You can also opt for markers or paints -- but I'm not recommending the paints!
Here is a slideshow gallery of some of our Snow Village Halloween scenes and carved pumpkins:
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