Halloween Hijinks: New Devil’s Night Traditions (and a free Batman pumpkin stencil or two)

Day Thirty: New Devil’s Night Traditions (and a free Batman pumpkin stencil or two)

Tonight is the night before Halloween, which is also affectionately known as Devil’s Night (or Angel’s Night in the Detroit area).  Up until tonight, most of my thoughts of Devil’s Night revolve around mischief-making, The Crow, and Detroit burning itself down.  That’s not a very positive way to think of an evening (well, The Crow is a good graphic novel/movie), so this year, I decided to make Devil’s Night something new.  Now, for our family, Devil’s Night will include cupcakes, pumpkin carving (and if I have my way, Chinese food).

First, we have the cupcake eating…

Mmmm, this is a yummy new tradition.

Then, we have the pumpkin scooping…

Scoopin' out the pumpkins with Momma.

Momma's pumpkin gut bowl is fuller than mine.

Now, we apply the stencil on the pumpkin…

Daddy, I think you're doing it all wrong.

Then, we have the final product…

La La La La Elmo's World...

The new Dynamic Duo...all lit up!

If you’re interested in the Batman pumpkin stencil, follow the break where I’ll post the link to that stencil (and some of Joker and Catwoman as well).

31 Days of Halloween Hijinks Bonus Post: Free Elmo Pumpkin Stencil (and more)

Instead of Devil’s Night mischief, the Jackson family will be carving pumpkins and eating cupcakes from the Just Baked bakery.  Because my daughter is completely obsessed with Elmo these days, I’m going to turn my pumpkin into Elmo.  I’m not creative enough to freehand an intricate pumpkin, but give me a stencil and I’m all set.  Luckily, the Elmo stencil shouldn’t be too tough – plus it will make Lily’s day.

If Elmo isn’t your kid’s thing, Nick Jr. has plenty of free stencils on their site as well.  Unfortunately, they don’t have an Olivia stencil, so I’m sticking with Elmo.

If you’re interested, here’s the stencil I found online from a guy named pumpkinman.  Besides Elmo, he also has plenty of cool options including Batman, The Joker, Jack Nicholson from The Shining, and a few assorted Disney characters as well.  Come back to my blog later tonight to see pictures from our Devil’s Night pumpkin fun!

Courtesy of Pumpkinman_01 – click the image for all of his free stencils