slo’s FRIDAY 10/24 poll - Scary vs Happy Jack O Lanterns 🎃

[slo]

For those that didn’t realize, it’s one week before Halloween. You know what that means….its pumpkin carving time. I’m sure many people will be doing that today or this weekend. It’s a fun activity for some, and some people can be amazingly creative with their pumpkins. I love looking at the jack o lanterns in my subdivision as I take my dog for a walk - they’re very impressive. Jack O Lanterns are generally scary or happy, and I found a little information on that…



Some people will only do scary, some will only do happy and some people mix it up every year. Some people like to carve an image like Mickey Mouse. How about you? Give us your scary or happy answer today…..


Are you carving a pumpkin(s) this year?
If yes….will your pumpkin be scary, happy or an image?
If no…..when you did carve pumpkins, were they scary, happy or an image?
(multiple choice)



For Me……I hate hate hate carving pumpkins. I despise it with a passion. The insides are cold and slimy. Yuck yuck yuck! Back when I used to carve pumpkins with a forced smile with my girls, my pumpkins were always happy. I like looking at scary pumpkins, I’m just not someone that’s going to make one.

This is me carving a pumpkin with that forced smile

 

[Kitty 34]

I like happy.

I have jack-o-lanterns that light up that I bought from Walmart years ago. I set them in my windows. So no need to carve pumpkins unless with the grandkids.

 

[slo]

I like happy.

I have jack-o-lanterns that light up that I bought from Walmart years ago. I set them in my windows. So no need to carve pumpkins unless with the grandkids.

I do too, but mine came from another store (I don’t remember where). I put the bulb that flickers like a flame in them. They’re very fun!

 

[Kitty 34]

I do too, but mine came from another store (I don’t remember where). I put the bulb that flickers like a flame in them. They’re very fun!

They're sooo much easier than doing pumpkins!!!

 

[kanerf]

I have not been home on Halloween in decades. Always travel for work (I work in a different state).

 

[Meriweather]

I used to carve with the kids. Then we went to the things you stick into the pumpkin to make then look like a character. I think we had Minnie Mouse at one time. DD has Captain America. We've also painted pumpkins.
We don't carve anymore. We don't buy pumpkins at all.
We have some fake ones we sit out, One is an aqua one.
We won't be home this year on Halloween. We are flying and then the next day getting on a cruise ship for a 17 day cruise.

 

[NAB]

All my decorations are happy ones…lol

 

[hardcorestitch]

Pumpkin carving just isn’t my thing…

 

[WDWEPCOT]

Did it for years we would have a family contest for best design you could go scary or not - frankly I’m happy to not do it anymore such a pain

 

[RUDisney]

My favorite pumpkin that I carved was a pug dog face. We're a pug family, so it was appropriate for us.

I won't carve another pumpkin until I have grandkids.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

I tend to paint more than carve...if I do anything. It's just so warm here that a carved pumpkin is a rotting moldy mess in a day or two. It's just not worth the effort. I do everything from happy to spooky. I also really like scenes...like a spooky haunted house with ghosts coming out of the windows, cats on rickety fencing, eyes in the windows, witch flying over the moon, spider webs in the eaves, etc.