Pumpkins

The Best Tools For Pumpkin Carving

So it’that magical time of year again—Halloween! You really want to decorate your home and make it reflect that fun Halloween spirit. While there are many ways to decorate, nothing says Halloween more than a carved Halloween pumpkin. But whether you are a novice or an experienced pumpkin carver, it is often difficult to determine [...]

Pumpkin Carving

Carving pumpkins is another fun way for parents and kids to work together to do crafts at your kids’ Halloween party. This really is a fun way for each team to get to take something home. Here is what you will need. 1 small pumpkin for each set of kid and parentNewspaper for the seedsA [...]


Halloween Traditions Explained

During the Halloween season, people do all sorts of things that to someone foreign to this country might find extremely confusing and even a bit odd. Well, they would be absolutely right. It is a bit odd that families carve grim faces into the hollowed out pumpkins and put them on their doorsteps. And what [...]

Kid-Safe Pumpkin Karving

Carving pumpkins is an American tradition that coincides with the celebration and festivities of the Halloween spirit. The activity is enjoyed by families teaching their little kids how to carve faces into the sides of large hallowed out gourds. It is fun to do, but it involves knifes, heavy pumpkins, and seeds just big enough [...]


Why We Have Jack O’ Lanterns on Halloween

Halloween is a holiday with a wide variety of influences. Just like the Easter holiday springs from both the Christian tradition celebrating the resurrection of Christ and from the Pagan tradition celebrating the beginning of spring, Halloween is culled from different traditions. The word “Halloween” comes from Catholicism and the holiday known as “All Hallows [...]

Why You Should Grow Your Own Pumpkins This Halloween

Have you considered growing your own pumpkins? Do you enjoy making homemade pies? Are you into making crafts and decorations for the holidays? If you answered yes to any of the above questions then you should consider growing your own pumpkins. One of the best things about growing your own pumpkins is that they come [...]


The History of the Jack O’ Lantern

The history of the Jack o’ Lantern is really a combination of several different traditions and myths. The oldest tradition goes back to a Celtic New Year’festival and the newest goes back just a couple of hundred years to when farmers carved pumpkins as a part of the harvest. Irish immigrants most likely brought the [...]

Tips for Healthy Homegrown Pumpkins

Here are some tips that you should follow for healthy home grown pumpkins. Tip one:The first thing that you need to do is to choose a pumpkin that is designed for what you want. You can buy pumpkins that are designed for cooking, carving, or decorating; you can also buy pumpkins that come in a [...]

The History of Pumpkin Carving

One of the most loved Halloween traditions in North America is pumpkin carving. At Halloween time, many families cut the top off of a pumpkin, remove the seeds, carve a face into the pumpkin, place a candle inside of it, and set the glowing “jack o’ lantern” on the porch. It is a fun tradition [...]

Tips for Growing Great Carving Pumpkins

When it comes to growing pumpkins there are all sorts of pumpkins available. You can grow pumpkins that can easily reach over a hundred pounds; you can grow pumpkins that are great for cooking or you can grow pumpkins that are great for carving. When it comes to picking the pumpkins to grow for carving [...]

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