RE: Pumpkin Displays
Hi,
Last year, we took our giant (ok so it was a mere 193 pounds, we still loved
it) and propped it in a Hay filled wheelbarrow. We put the gel lamps from my
husband's old band lighting out in the garden for an active light show and
created a pathway of small Jack-O"Lanterns leading through the sunflower
stalks to the "GREAT PUMPKIN". We had spider webbing everywhere!
We dressed up in masks and had cloaks and daggers. We used speakers out in
the yard and in the house to play "spooky tapes" and the kids and adults
loved it. (I should mention that we loved it too!). We also brought the
giant in its wheelbarrow to the Annual Meeting of a company that serves the
developmentally disabled. They loved it too. That pumpkin travelled to
Topsfield, brought joy to trick or treaters, livened up the evening for a
group of mentally retarded citizens and made gallons of puree for goddies
for months. You might get your pumpkins to last until your next platning
season!
Good luck and have the best time!
Kristina
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From: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com [o*@mallorn.com]On
Behalf Of rado1000@hotmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 11:28 AM
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
Subject: Pumpkin Displays
Hi Everyone,
Ack! It's September. I was supposed to have a thousand pounder sitting out
there by now. What the heck happened!? Oh well, it has been and continues
to be a fun year of growing these incredible things, even if, yet again, I'm
no world champ (or state champ or local champ, for that matter). In spite
of the early season dreaming, I don't really do this to be a champion. That
would be a great bonus, but I grow because it's such a joy to spend my
summer watching a miracle.
Still it is September. About a month till weighoffs, and about two months
till Halloween. Since the world champion pumpkin dream is not going to
materialize, now I'm starting to dream about a world champion Halloween
display. Help me!
What are your best ideas? I want conceptual stuff, but I also want nuts and
bolts details. I'm thinking (of course!) snazzy pumpkins. I'm thinking
straw bales and corn stalks and faux-rickety farm fences (don't find too
many real-rickety farm fences in the city). I'm thinking dry ice and cool
lighting.
What have your best displays been? What details made them work? What
flourishes put them over the edge?
Help me!
Beth
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