Arrrrrrrrgh you ready to walk the plank judges??

Do you know how much does it cost for a pirate to get his ears pierced?
Me either. But I bet it costs more than participating in this quirky little tradition we have of carving vegetables and taking pictures of them to send to friends around the world!

That's right folks, you had all that much fun and it didn't cost you a thing, and I bet the entire time you were rolling those RRRRRRs, telling corny pirate jokes and threatening your friends and family to walk the plank if they kept it up!?

By the way, the punchline is "A buccaneer".

Every year the theme really brings a lot of diversity to the field and this year is no exception, so much so that I decided to include all the kids pumpkins (5) in with the adults (8) and see if you could even tell the difference LOL.

A shout out to the family that flew their pumpkin in to be able to participate, I don't want to hear any excuses from the Southern Hemisphere any more!! More details to come once the pumpkin is revealed!

The theme was Pirate Pumpkin the rules were the same as always, judges will have their responses back to us by the 11th and we hope to have results up on the 12th! Enjoy!!



1: Vampire Pumpkin

Amy Age: 6
Designed, carved and painted that pumpkin all by herself! 

2: Literal Cryptic


3: Loch Ness Dino Sea Monster


4: Ahoy Board!


5: Arghh, let me tell ya somethin brotherrrrrrr


6: Release the Kraken!



7: The Pirate Who’s Dun Robbin


8: Double Toothed Pirate Pumpkin


9: Terror on the Seas


10: My Pumpkin

Kyle Age: 8
A carving Ninja say's his Mom, design, carved in the solo category this year!

11: Wide Eyed Monster of the North

James and Mackenna’s 
James (age 4) designed the pumpkin and installed the eyeballs, mom cut the holes, dad flew the pumpkin up in his carry-on and Mackenna (age 1) promptly ripped the eyeballs out when she woke up from her nap.

12: Holes for a Nose

Rebecca Age: 4
Designed by herself and she did most of the carving - just needed a little assistance with turning the corners. The pumpkin also has ears all the way around because she thought it was so fun to use the hole making tool :) 


13: The Hulk

Riley Age: 5
Riley wanted to have his pumpkin look like the hulk. Mom drew it and he did all the carving. Really a wiz with the little saw!!
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada

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