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MIButterfly

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9. I seem to recall it was a happy face.

Reply to debm55 (Original post)

Mon Oct 20, 2025, 01:54 PM

Oct 20

Nothing too original or scary or different; just two eyes and a smile (I think). I don't really remember. I was more about the trick-or-treating than carving the pumpkin.

That was a long time ago.

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When you were a kid or even now, did you carve your pumpkin with a happy face, scary face, or leave it natural with no [View all] debm55 Oct 20 OP

I usually made frowny faces because I was that kind of kid. Ocelot II Oct 20 #1

HAHAHAHAHHAHA. I love it, Thank you Ocelot II. debm55 Oct 20 #3

Both. In the last several years, however discovered the pumpkin carving kits, mwmisses4289 Oct 20 #2

Thank you very much, mwmisses4289. I agree with the kits. I would always buy for my son. debm55 Oct 20 #4

I'm with you, Deb. Happy face when young; natural face now. Polly Hennessey Oct 20 #5

You got that right, Polly Hennessey. debm55 Oct 20 #7

Smiling face with most teeth missing RazorbackExpat Oct 20 #6

Thank you very much, RazorbackExpat. It sounds neat. debm55 Oct 20 #8

I seem to recall it was a happy face. MIButterfly Oct 20 #9

Thank you MIButterfly. Do you do a pumpkin now, We went to pumpkin patch on Sunday and just bought three. We don't carve debm55 Oct 20 #10

No, my pumpkin-carving days are long gone. MIButterfly Oct 20 #11

Same hear. MIButterfly. Same here. debm55 Oct 20 #14

I liked carving scary faces into my Halloween pumpkins, Aristus Oct 20 #12

Thank you very much, Aristus. When I taught we carved doll heads from fresh apples. Gave them some time and as the face debm55 Oct 20 #13