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Carving and costumes in the Pumpkin Gallery

Bob Brolly dressed as a pumpkin
See the pumpkin carving competition winner, Pumpkin costumes and print your own carving template in the Pumpkin Gallery!
See the Pumpkin Gallery with photographs of Pumpkin Week at Hatton Country World in Warwickshire. You can also print off your own pumpkin carving template.

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A pumpkin is really a squash, and comes from the same family as the cucumber. If you ever manage to carve a cucumber lantern - you're really very clever indeed!

You can grow pumpkins all over the world - except in Antarctica. So if you live in Antarctica, you'll have to carve something spooky in the snow instead!

The pumpkin capital of the world is - not surprisingly - in the USA. Morton, Illinois is the place to go for your pumpkins. Or you could try your local supermarket or pop over to Hatton Country World!

Pumpkin carving was taken to the US by the Irish, who started carving turnips for their annual Samhain holiday. They soon found that pumpkins were easier to carve than turnips.

There are over 50 different types of pumpkin. They have such great names as the Spooktacular, the Funny Face and the Munchkin!

The smallest pumpkins can weigh as little as 2lb, whilst the largest you can commonly grow can weigh over 150lbs. You'll need a big garden for that one!


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Â鶹ԼÅÄ WM presenter Bob Brolly broadcasted live from Hatton Country World in Warwickshire on Monday 28 October for the start of Pumpkin Week for Halloween.

He was joined for fun, frollicks and lots of pumpkin carving! You can see it all in the Pumpkin Gallery below.


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Pumpkin Week at Hatton Country World
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Pumpkin carving fun at Hatton World
Pumpkin Week started on Saturday 26 October for the half-term school break at Hatton Country World in Warwickshire.

Everyone who attended could pick a free pumpkin from a whole fieldful of plump possibilities.

There was also a competition for children to see who could carve the cutest, cleverest or scariest pumpkin of the day!

See it all in the pumpkin gallery


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Printable carving template
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CLICK THE IMAGES BUTTON FOR THE AUTUMN FESTIVAL GALLERY

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Click the image above to print your pumpkin carving template.

Pumpkin Gallery

See all the pictures from Pumpkin Week and other Autumn Festivals by clicking the images button above.

Pumpkin carving template

Get your own printable pumpkin carving template by clicking the pumpkin to the right.

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Spooktacular tales
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Read our spooktacular tales - ghost stories from Coventry and Warwickshire, by following the link on the left.

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History of Halloween
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Read all about the history of Halloween and how it is linked to Pagan festivals.


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Autumn Festivals
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There are lots of festivals in Autumn. You can read all about them and see the Diwali gallery. Again, just follow the link on the left.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!


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