Papel Picado Pumpkin

Thanks to my dad for the nomination for next year's pumpkin carving contest.

Here's this year's:


Inspired by the traditional Day of the Dead art papel picado, planned and executed between the time I got home from work and before the first trick-or-treater arrived, my pumpkin did receive a few compliments from parents. One asked me how many hours it took me, which makes me think that if I actually had the opportunity to spend hours on a pumpkin, (it took me longer to post this picture than it took to carve the pumpkin) it could result in some success. But then again, knowing myself, it would probably spiral out of control into a mess of complexity.

Still, I think I'd better start now if I hope to hold a candle (so to speak) to the competition in Minnesota and L.A.