To get in the Halloween and fall spirit, a trip to pick some decorative pumpkins was in order. Due to the current events, many reliable pumpkin patches were shut down this year. We still managed to find one with some activities. Despite it not being in a traditional "pumpkin patch" and instead in a mall parking lot, we were able to make a night of if after work.
It was Ethan's first time picking pumpkins so any kind of pumpkin patch would be exciting for him.
He was in the spirit and knew exactly what to do. He even picked out a few pumpkins himself. We just had to give him a limit. After all we don't need a car full of pumpkins.
This was nice. The Scarecrow's ruler shows Ethan is just over 3 feet tall this year.
Of course we still had to wear a mask around people and when not posing for pictures.
A nice set up for pictures.
Of course I got some "help" pulling the complimentary wagon on hand to load up pumpkins to purchase.
Happy Halloween 2020!
Now to carve the pumpkins.
We found carving kits at Party City and the Halloween Store and they weren't expensive.
This kit came with stencils and the tools. I liked the options.
We went with the skull stencil for the first pumpkin.
After cleaning it, I hollowed it out. Ethan helped scooping. Why no pictures? Scooping out the guts is messy. (What spectacular image was I looking at with those eyes?)
Carving the pumpkin. Of course, I didn't do all the work.
Once more, here is the finished product with two LED candles inside for a safe, all night decoration.
