Pumpkin Challenge Week 1

by Dan Stout


The Classic Jack

Our household is embarking on a bold journey into seasonal decoration by declaring this the year of the Pumpkin Challenge.  Every week from now until Halloween,  we will decorate, carve, or otherwise fancy-up a perfectly good pumpkin. The first week: the classic free-hand Jack O'Lantern.

For this project I was closely assisted by our foster child. (There are a number of regulations involved in foster care. One of them is no social media images or names for foster kids. This rule will be respected here.)

So anyway, He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named and I did a tag team on the layout and actual carving. His main concern was that it "look evil".  Mission accomplished, in an age-appropriate sort of way.

In Process

In Process

The goal is to kick up the complexity every week and see where we end up by the big holiday.

Next week, the Simple Stencil. 

I'm Dan Stout, a joyfully collaborative storyteller who loves rocket ships, dinosaurs, and monsters that skulk through shadows.