The winner in the kids' category is "Ghost in the Graveyard" with 32 votes. Although it was technically Elijah's (20 months) pumpkin, Isabella (age 6) drew the picture and I carved it. The same thing happened last year where Isabella drew the picture on Elijah's pumpkin and he won! She needs to rethink her own pumpkin submission next year!!!
Not only did we get many more entries than last year, we also got more votes than ever!!! My mother-in-law works at a hospital in Erie, PA and each year she asks many of her co-workers to cast their votes for their favorite pumpkin(s). This year she submitted 89 votes from the employees in the ER, outpatient and admissions areas of her hospital. Thanks, Jean!! Through e-mail, I received 37 votes for adult entries and 35 votes for kid entries. On the poll on my blog there were 50 votes for adults and 38 votes for kids. Our grand total is 177 votes in the adult category and 162 votes for the kids' entries.Here are the rest of the results for the adult category:
*Second place (19 votes): "Roary the Monster" carved by Mindy (in Wisconsin) with assistance from Eliza (almost 5).
*Third place (18 votes): "Monster Mash" carved by Sara L (in MA) with assistance from Ellie (age 3).*Fourth place (14 votes): Two-way tie between "Trick or Treat" and "Castle Mania".
"Trick or Treat" was carved by Ted L (in MA) with assistance from Collin (age 6 1/2) and Cal (age 5). Sorry Ted, but Sara beat you and you tied with me!
"Castle Mania" carved by Liz. I may not have won, but at least I beat Mike this year!!
Petro Family submissions: "Dragon Fire", "Castle Mania", "Casper the Ghost",
"Cat and Moon" and "Ghost in the Graveyard."
*Fifth place (11 votes): "Happy Goblin" carved by Jen G. in Massachusetts.*Sixth place (9 votes): Three-way tie between "Ariel" carved by Jim S. (in MA), "Pugkin" carved by my sister, Katy, and my brother-in-law, Nathan (in California), and "The Beast" carved by my cousin Megan's boyfriend, Steve (in California).
Nathan's "Pugkin" with Bazbo, his inspiration!
*Seventh place (8 votes): "Groovy Ghost" carved by Kim B. in Massachusetts.
*Eighth place (7 votes): "Dragon Fire" carved by Mike. He would like it to be known that he drew this "free hand" again this year. Granted, he copied it from a picture on the internet, but he didn't use a stencil like most of us did.
*Ninth place (5 votes): Four-way tie between-"Jack-o-lantern" carved by Andy H. in Wisconsin
"Snow White" carved by Tanya S. in Massachusetts
"Cat and Spider" chosen by Chloe (age 8) and carved by her mom, Liz B., in France
"Skeleton Pirate" chosen by Andre (age 6) and carved by his mom, Liz B., in France
(Chloe and Andre's submissions were placed in the adult category at Liz's suggestion since they used stencils and Liz carved the pumpkins for them. They really could have been in either category, though!)
*Tenth place (3 votes): "Boo" carved by Sarah H. in Wisconsin
*Eleventh place (2 votes): "Jack the Ripper" carved by my cousin, Megan, in California.
Here are the rest of the kids' results:
*Second place (28 votes): "Cinderella's Castle" by Maddie S. (age 5 1/2) in Massachusetts
*Third place (27 votes): "Casper the Ghost" designed by Sienna P. (age 4) of MA and carved by Liz.
*Fourth place (22 votes): "Cat and Moon" copied from a stencil by Isabella (age 6) and carved by Liz.
*Fifth place (13 votes): "Mickey Mouse Ears" by Ben S. in Massachusetts.
*Sixth place (10 votes): "Angry Eyes" carved by Mark F. in MA and assisted by John (age 6) and Luke (age 4).
*Seventh place (9 votes): Two-way tie between "Pumpkin Guy" by Aaron T. (age 5) in MA and "Submarine Face" designed AND CARVED by Cal L. (age 5) in MA.
*Eighth place (8 votes): "Harry the Bat" designed AND CARVED by Collin L (age 6 1/2) in MA.
*Ninth place (4 votes): "Block Teeth" by Noah H. (age 6) and Caden H. (age 3 1/2) in Wisconsin.
Thanks again to all of our carvers and voters!!! Hopefully, we'll get even more submissions next year!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
