Pumpkin Carving for Beginners

In order to help any of their blog pals get ready for the pumpkin carving portion of the Second Annual Spooky Halloween Contest, Jerry and Ben decided to demonstrate how to carve a pumpkin.

"Furst, you find good pompkins, maK shewer they ar orunge" says Jerry. If you don't have a pumpkin patch near where you live, perhaps a local store might sell pumpkins or even large gourds that you could carve. "An you kan luk in buks and magazeens for pompkin faszes that you like" adds Ben, "and you kan chooze a funee or skaree fasze."

Next, your human companion should carefully cut a round circle in the top of the pumpkin but remember to keep the lid with the stem on it. "Then you skoop out all the pompkin guts" say Jerry, "they ar skwishee but it iz kind of fun to do."

"You kan hav a frend help you" says Ben "kauze thar are sumtimes lots of seedz and stuff to dig out. You kan dry seeds too and bak them with salt" adds Ben, "they ar beary yummy."

Ben continues, "Then you drah the fasz on with a pen and kut out the holes for the eeys and noze and mooth." But Ben is just posing with the knife for the photo above, Papa reminds Jerry and Ben that is it probably best if human companions help little bears to carve the openings with a sharp knife, especially if there is another little bear sitting in the opening of the pumpkin!

"Then whan you all dun, you put kandul inside uv pompkin and put the top bak on" adds Jerry." Ben quickly adds "then yur jack-o-lantern iz all done!" Don't forget to pose with your carved pumpkin (or jack-o-lantern) and enter your photo in our contest!