Announcing the first-ever DU Halloween Costume and Pumpkin Carving Contest!

[Skinner]

A couple weeks ago, DUer SemiCharmedQuark suggested that it might be fun to hold a DU Halloween Costume and Pumpkin Carving Contest. The DU Admins thought it was a great idea!

Here's how it's going to work:

I will pin a thread to the top of the General Discussion forum where members can post pictures of your Halloween Costumes and/or Carved Pumpkins.

In order to enter the contest, you need to post your pictures BEFORE Midnight November 1 (the day after Halloween). Photos must be posted in the appropriate thread, or else I might not see them, and might not enter them into the contest.

You can post pictures of yourself, your children, or your pets wearing Halloween costumes. Pumpkin pictures must be of pumpkins which you (or a family member) carved yourself.

Costumes and pumpkins do not need to be related to politics. But we will be giving special consideration to entries with political themes.

The DU Administrators will select "semi-finalists" in the costume and pumpkin categories. On Monday, November 3, we will post a poll of all the semi-finalists so voters can pick the best costume and the best pumpkin.

Winners will receive any item from the DU Store.

Happy Halloween!

(Please kick and recommend this thread so more DUers will see it.)

[PretzelWarrior]

1. AWESOME. We just bought pumpkins. I'll have to get to work.

[sfam]

2. You know you have a ringer in your midst...my website link below...

http://www.fantasypumpkins.com

BTW, this is a 186 pound pumpkin I bought last week for this year's Death Star carving...

[Curtland1015]

8. Holy crap! That Death Star pumpkin just gave me a nerd-gasm!

You rock!

[MarthaMyDear]

17. I'm gonna do Senator Obama as Luke Skywalker...on a pumpkin! kick!

[sfam]

27. I did a Darth Vader sculpt last year as well...

[sfam]

28. Here's a tuturial to show you how to carve the Death Star...

If you've tried your hand at carving once or twice, you can do this:

http://www.fantasypumpkins.com/carving-the-deathstar.htm

Really!

[SoonerPride]

10. You should be disqualified

:)

Awesome stuff!

[sfam]

14. You're probably right...but here's an Obama Hope pattern for you to carve...

For those of you who know how to carve 3-color pumpkins (meaning you either cut all the way through, just shave the skin off, or leave the pumpkin alone), here's an Obama Hope pattern I just created...

Here's the Mockup - meaning what it will look like once you carve it:




And here's the pattern you tape on your pumpkin (with tracing paper underneath, or using spray on glue, or with the pin cushion method):



The black means to cut-through the pumpkin, while the gray means to take the skin off.

[SallyMander]

15. OMG thank you!!!

I am totally going to try that!! :bounce:

[sfam]

20. Great! I can't wait to see it! So far, I've already carved one pumpkin this year...pinocchio

Its not really political...I didn't do a shot with a long nose for instance, but here it is...




Edit: and yes, I did the pattern for this one also...

[LisaM]

3. K&R

Go Hallowe'en! (No Harvest Festivals for me!)

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Awesome I love it!!

May I suggest we have a separate category for Sarah Palin costumes? LOL

[Bubbha Jo]

5. k&r

[NYC_SKP]

6. OH! This is gonna be great! McCain pumkins, Palin pumpkins.

And costumes, too?!

Great Idea!

Thank you, Sir!

:patriot:

[Danascot]

19. Palin Pumpkins ... hollow inside

just like the real thing!

[Patiod]

7. Do they have to be current?

I was a smokin' Wonder Woman, but it was....some years ago.

[sfam]

22. If not, I'll enter this one from 2006...

But actually, I think restricting it to the current year is a good thing...would be good if there was a way of verifying that, like including a piece of paper with DU's contest on it or some such...

[Liberal_in_LA]

23. super cool!

[sfam]

25. Was about a 30" long carving on a 77 pound pumpkin...

Originally was from a Ciruelo Cabral painting titled Dark Dsurion.

http://www.dac-editions.com/gallery37.htm

[cynatnite]

9. This will be loads of fun....

I'm not an artistic person and I look forward to seeing all the great costumes and awesome pumpkins.

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. kick nominated n/t

[bettyellen]

12. kick!

[EFerrari]

13. What a great idea, SCQ!

:applause:

[Skinner]

16. kick (nt)

[annabanana]

18. kickety kick!

What fun!

[Cha]

21. OH Fun! Nothing like a little creative

levity mere days before our Hyperventilating Election! :bounce: :scared: }(

[begin_within]

24. here's mine

[grannylib]

26. Oh what fun! I'm SO in!

[Skinner]

29. kick (nt)

[Coexist]

30. K & R!

[HughBeaumont]

31. OK, I'm in.

First one from 2008:


and from last year:

[nichomachus]

32. I'm going to a Halloween costume party and I'm

trying to win the "Scariest Costume" prize. I'm going as a 401K statement.