In preparation for Halloween 2011
Halloween is coming fast. Girls are getting slutty dresses and boys are impersonating vampires, Frankensteins and star wars heroes. But not only this. Costume ideas are getting more creative with every year. Last year I saw a guy dressed as his own Facebook page, another girl was a Rubik's cube, and someone else was dressed as a cupcake. We wanted to take it easy this year and just relax. One Halloween preparation seemed like a lot of fun, though, so we decided to head to a Pumpkin Patch and find just the perfect pumpkin. Pumpkin carving known as making a Jack o'Lantern is a well known custom in the USofA, but not too many people these days actually carve their own pumpkins. Also not many people know where the custom comes form and what it resembles. Here is what I found in the vast Internet resources. Why Carve Pumpkins aka Jack o'Lantern The story of the Jack o'Lantern comes from Irish folklore. Jack was a crafty farmer who tricked th...