Get ready to carve!  The Great Utica Pumpkin Carve is back!  Last year saw the beginning of this great tradition at Murnane Field (corner of Burrstone Road and Sunset Ave in Utica).  And it's back October 8 – 9, 2015 (5 – 9pm) and October 10, 2015 (Noon – 9:00pm).  Once again, proceeds from this event go to outreach programs in the Utica community.  The way it works - local artists and art students will be carving pumpkins on site, and everyone who comes through on Thursday gets to vote for the best overall carving.  The pumpkins will be on display through the weekend with lots of fall activities and food to sample.  You can find out more about the event here.

We though of a few designs we'd love to see this year at the Great Utica Pumpkin Carve, or on your own front porch!

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    The Tiny House Pumpkin

    Since the Tiny House movement is a big thing right now, this is a great thing to do with those HUGE pumpkins this year.  Anyone have a pumpkin big enough to move into?

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    Minion Pumpkin

    Somebody's gotta make a Minion Pumpkin this year.  We found this great instructable video.

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    Donald Trump Pumpkin...or Trumpkin

    This must be done!  I would think this would be a big hit with the judges at the Great Utica Pumpkin Carve!  Not sure if it's ever been done in Utica before, but there was this great bit on Jimmy Kimmel a couple years ago.

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    President and First Lady

    Since we challenged you to come up with a Donald Trumpkin, we figured we'd also include President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama.  These are some great carvings!

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    Utica Comets Pumpkin

    I do remember seeing a couple good Utica Comets Pumpkins last year.  Who's going to carve the best this year?

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