How to make a jack o'lantern

Nathan had a lot of fun carving pumpkins last weekend.  He has been wanting to carve a pumpkin for weeks now.  Charmaine brought us these pumpkins from her garden.  Nate wasn't too keen on cleaning out the guts, but he had a blast helping carve!

First you clean out the pumpkin.

(The one handful of "guts" Nate was willing to pull out.  You can see from his face he's not so sure about this!)

Then you draw the face you are going to carve.

Using an in and out motion, use a pumpkin saw to carve the facial features.

(Make sure to keep your mouth wide open in pure delight)

Voila!  You have a jack o'lantern. 

(Nate is very proud of our creations)

All lit up!

Nate and I carved the last pumpkin the next day.  I thought it was very cool.

Only one more day until Halloween!  (Believe me, Nathan is keeping count!)

We love you, Grandma!