Speaking of forward planning, I’m also having a think about pumpkin carving. It’s actually quite easy. I did two last year and they looked alright and this year I plan to be even more ambitious. Anyway it’s all a terrific excuse to look up pictures of pumpkins on the internet.

…. so I got overconfident and did this one as well, which was suitably spooky but I did the mouth too large so you could see straight in to the little candles…
Pumpkin sicking up guacamole is brilliant for dips, stick all the peppers/breadsticks in his head. I find it funny anyway, not sure much of it was eaten.
this is brilliant
I have done the jack skelington pumpkin – it’s a bit fiddly (the mouth in particular) and it took longer than I thought it would. Get the biggest, widest pumpkin you can, and block out at least an hour and a half. Don’t try and do something else at the same time like cooking, or child care. Otherwise you’ll lose a finger.