We had a great session today with some families who visited from Lenton Library to get to grips with some pumpkins.
Each child got their own pumpkin, and we helped them to clean them out and then decorate them using some special (and safe!) pumpkin carving tools. These little saws are starting to appear in shops in the UK, so it's worth looking out for them, as carving a pumpkin with a kitchen knife is a great way to earn a trip to Accident and Emergency!
We don't do the carving the easy way either! If you get a pattern, you can create a really spectacular pumpkin, even if you aren't very artistic, and quite young children have managed to get excellent results.
Our group did really well, and the resulting pumpkins look pretty impressive. The other great thing with pumpkins is that they taste good too, so we also showed the group how to make pumpkin pancakes, which went down a treat.
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