How to Personalize Your Pumpkins

My girlfriend showed me the pumpkins she was growing for her daughters. The pumpkins were still small. She told me that another friend of hers had carved her kids’ names in the pumpkins and that as the pumpkins grew bigger, their names grew bigger, a different kind of pumpkin carving.

My first thought was that this would cause the pumpkin to rot. Evidently not. It works quite well, really.

When the pumpkins are small, take something such as the end of a paper clip and scratch a name or a word or a design on the pumpkin. It’s like a balloon, the bigger the pumpkin gets, the bigger the design gets.

My girlfriend used a paperclip to scratch the outer layer of the pumpkin skin. Be careful not to stick your scratching implement all the through into the center of the pumpkin. That would probably make it rot.

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Comments

[jgh]

This looks like a fun thing to try. It looks in your photos like the carving becomes raised over time. We might be able to try this in our school garden, too, so that the kids remember which one they planted.

[Jacqueline]

Magical! Fun post.

[Heather's Garden]

What a great idea!

[eve]

Well, isn't that a great way to make someone feel special. I wonder if it would work on a watermelon or cantaloupe? You know I am gonna try. LOL...those are nice pumpkins. I wish I had planted just a few.

[John]

I used to get upset when the pumpkin would scar from injury. I never thought about personlizing the pumpkin.

[Ottawa Gardener]

That is a great idea. I plan on growing pumpkins again next year. Hopefully, I'll remember your post.

[chigiy]

jgh,
It would be a very smart way for kids to tell their pumpkins apart.

Jacqueline, Heather,
Thank you.

Eve,
Personalizing multiple melons and squash?
Hmmm.

John,
If your pumpkins scar, you can just change them into a design.

Ottawa Gardener,
I hope I remember next year too:)