Don’t try this at home. Best to do so at your friend’s house, using HIS jigsaw.
The annual party at Stepan and Jennifer’s was a blast, and our three little pumpkins were big in spirit. They were small but mighty!
Sometimes size matters, but apparently not in pumpkins.
Here’s the before.
The small pumpkins had remarkably thick rinds, but scooping out the guts was quick and easy.
And here our little pumpkins are joined by all their pumpkin friends who are all clearly compensating for something.
Here’s where I should point out that Stepan’s pumpkin was the biggest, but that’s just not like me.
The boys like their pumpkins with ham.
I have to show off Stepan’s young garden. Like our family, his family just can’t keep their hands off the sugar snap peas. I noticed there weren’t any available for me to sneakily munch on.
The rampant sugar pumpkin vine attempted to escape to the other side of the fence. See the young pumpkin in the corner? Stepan got to do the hand pollination thing. It’s just so fun.
Thanks for another great party, Stepan and Jen! Oh, to follow up on the pumpkin cheesecake — it was yummy, and we returned home with only a single piece. I took a picture of it, and the next thing I knew it was consumed by one of our naughty dogs. ><
Very nice post. I love those peas too.
i love everything about this post! the pumpkins look awesome!
xoxo
I never thought to use a jig-saw to cut a pumpkin, but I might give that a whirl!
Super fun! I need to get busy gussying up my pumpkins now! I don’t have a jig-saw so it’s going to take some time! Happy Halloween!
That was a wonderful and fun post. Those pumpkins look fantastic! The jigsaw looks like a great tool for carving. I wish I had done that years ago. Looks like you guys have some pretty cool friends and that you have a wonderful holiday tradition going on. Happy Halloween!
My one pumpkin vine never came to fruition, so I am looking at your friend’s pumpkins with longing. You guys are quite the artists. I am surprised by the details you got from your heavy carving machinery!
The facial carvings were all by hand using regular little tools — we all used the jigsaw just for the tops of the pumpkins. It would be fun to have a jigsaw dedicated to pumpkin use — I know my husband wouldn’t want to use his nice one for it, lol — too messy! Maybe we’ll run across a used one somewhere. Stepan was very nice to share his, and it was definitely a creative and fun idea on his part!
Love the pumpkins. Small world moment: my husband works with Stepan.