Dragons, spiders, unicorns, witches and doughnuts- all of these ideas have been brought to life by students during the library’s annual Mini Pumpkin Decorating Halloween show.
This tradition seeks to promote community involvement and creativity by providing the first 10 participants with a free mini pumpkin and supplies necessary to ensure everyone has access to participate.
Submissions ran from Monday, Oct. 14 to Friday, Oct. 25 with students voting from Oct. 25 until Oct. 30. All pumpkins submitted are tailored to one of the five categories: Character, Red Tide and School Spirit, Pretty, Scary or Over-the-top!
“We had [a submission with a] little beauty mask with the towel on her head, …a great Pennywise pumpkin, then we’ve had some like just really cool creative ones that are kind of abstract, but really pretty,” teacher librarian Ashley Brockman said.
Once all pumpkins are displayed, student votes are tallied up, with the majority vote deciding which pumpkins are the strongest contenders for their respective categories.
This tradition which started in 2021 expands every year with students growing more creative in their pumpkin’s designs.and details.
