The pumpkin carving party was a success and a good time was had by all, including the hostess. I thought I would share a few photos and some recipes for the treats I whipped up. The pumpkin sugar cookie cut-outs were a hit. I had a wonderful time baking and decorating them. I used the classic Crisco sugar cookie recipe and made my own royal icing for decorations. I love the royal icing for sugar cookies because it sets up really nice and makes it easy to display or package the finished product.



The dining room looked ready for pumpkin carving fun with my paper jack-o-lumiaries and paper table cloth with spider web runner.



And the treat table, with candy corn and Martha's candy corn cookies, along with the pumpkin sugar-cookie cut outs, was a crowd favorite. I made the paper scroll "TREATS" sign as a last-minute addition. I printed the text our onto a piece of parchment card stock, trimmed it like a ribbon and used the closed edge of a pair of scissors to curl the paper enough for it to stand on it's own.

Everybody really got into the carving



We had some pretty creative guests and the final result was impressive