How do you carve pumpkins?

[Unorthodox]

Talia and I went to a little father/daughter pumpkin carving activity last week, and I saw my interpretation of the thing was quite different than everyone else. 

I brought a pumpkin for HER and one for ME. 

Now, despite what most might THINK, I actually DO NOT CARVE MANY PUMPKINS.  I much prefer to just hand the knives over to the kids and let them go to town.  Which is why I invested in a crapton of safety knives you can't really cut yourselves with.  What's more, they actually do the job of cutting a pumpkin BETTER THAN YOUR KITCHEN KNIFE. 

http://spidersoftheweb.com/product/carving-tool-and-stencil-kit/

Anyhow, we saw a lot of people let their kid draw then take over.  Many more break out the stencils (and some then ask me how to do them).  A few saw Talia with the safety knives (of which I brought plenty) and let their kids go to work. 

[gwillybj]

Chainsaw? No, it's been a long time since I carved a pumpkin.

[Lorizael]

Poorly.

[Spacy]

JC is only 1.5 this year... next year, she can go to town I expect. 

[E_T]

Pumpkin carve is today...  Hope things go well...