Pumpkin contests carve up Halloween fun
Wyatt Aevazelis’ spooky skeleton pumpkin, the winner of the carved category. Photos courtesy: Christie Phillips
Savannah Woodall, the top decorator, added some spiders to her pumpkin.
Wyatt Aevazelis’ spooky skeleton pumpkin, the winner of the carved category. Photos courtesy: Christie Phillips
Savannah Woodall, the top decorator, added some spiders to her pumpkin.
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With the season of spooks being limited due to the pandemic, the community had to find a way to ensure residents could still take part in Halloween fun at home: through the power of pumpkins.
Dozens of talented residents carved and painted their autumn gourds and sent them to be judged either through a contest co-sponsored by Dartmouth Parents 14.0 group or through the Dartmouth Public Library’s first ever competition.
Children’s Librarian Christie Phillips said the town’s libraries “had a great showing” for its inaugural pumpkin contest, boasting 19 participants.
Entries were split into two categories: carved pumpkins and decorated pumpkins. After a vote on the Dartmouth Public Library Facebook page, Phillips said there were “two clear winners” — Wyatt Aevazelis in the carved category and Savannah Woodall for decorated.
“All the entries were very creative and clearly a lot of work went into them,” she said.
Meanwhile, judges are still tallying votes for the pumpkin carving/decorating contest co-sponsored by Dartmouth Parents 14.0 group.
While winners have yet to be determined, here’s a sneak peak of some of the contenders.
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