Well if you thought Halloween was an American holiday you've obviously never spent the 31st of October in Ireland. Halloween is a big deal here and like a really big fancy dress party it's very hard to watch everyone get ready and not dress up yourself. We didn't dress up but we did get into the spirit of it slightly by making jackolanterns. When I say we, I mean me, our new friend Erin from Perth and our jackolantern expert Audrey from Canada.
Our pumpkin party, Audrey is the one digging in while Erin sorts the seeds from the pulp. We then roasted the seeds but it didn't really work, it was fun though.
This is my jackolantern, I went for a classic pumpkin face. Not bad for a first attempt.
Audrey's pumpkin was covered in stars and a moon, mine only had four stars but they were very patriotic.
After a few days the pumpkins shrivelled and my scary face looked even cooler, it was however time to throw him in the bin.
So next time it's halloween and you think you can't enjoy it because it's American rubbish, just think of it as Irish craic instead. I know we will.
Aimee
2 comments:
Hello!
Well, very interesting.
Nice Pumpkins!!!!
We tried to avoid any of the little scallywags over here in London. The ones in our area were throwing eggs and doing other naughty things.
Anyways... any news about new years????
P.
ZOMG those are the coolest pumpkins ever. Aimee - I think you have found your true calling in life :)
~Sneasel
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