This year our front porch hosts four carved jack-o-lanterns. Mason drew the face on his pumpkin and I cut it out for him. When I asked Morgan what she wanted on hers, she replied, “bat.” So, she got a bat. Susan’s is a traditional looking jack-o-lantern while mine is a creepy alien face, an idea that I got from a downloaded pack of jack-o-lantern templates.
Here are Mason’s, Daddy’s, and Morgan’s jack-o-lanterns out on the front porch (Mommy’s is on the other side).
If you’re interested in checking out the templates, here are the packs. Each one has 50 or so templates. They’re plain ol GIF files that you can either print out and tape on your pumpkin, or simply look at and freehand (which is how I did my alien).
http://www.robohara.com/temp/templates2005.zip
http://www.robohara.com/temp/templates2006.zip
And, here are more pictures of us carving pumpkins.