This will be the lid of your Jack o’Lantern. Use a sharp knife to cut off the top of the turnip. They would bring them in from the field, picking the ones that were multicolored, so the dolls looked to be wearing clothing. The turnip should be big enough to carve a face into it, but not too big that it becomes difficult to handle. Little girls were known to use squash as dolls. We’d love to see your jack-o’-lantern creations! Email them to or tag Dippy on Twitter DollsĪlthough pumpkins didn’t serve a large purpose in home decor until we began carving them, squash was popular to the Hidatsa Indians.
We have three pumpkin carving stencils for you to use that will bring Dippy to life, pumpkin style! You can choose to carve Dippy wearing a witch hat, Dippy in the night sky, or Dippy on a broom stick. Our friend Dippy had so much fun with our last challenge, that they asked us to give you another! Do you think you can carve a Dippy jack-o’-lantern? Can you see Dippy riding a broomstick? Dippy the Dinosaur Jack-o’-Lanterns The Nature360 Staff had a pumpkin carving party. This was known as The Great Pumpkin Flood of 1786.
When the water began to subside, pumpkins were everywhere. The jack-o’-lantern tradition dates back centuries, when people in Ireland decorated turnips, beets, and potatoes to frighten away a mythical character named Stingy Jack. People were said to have seen pumpkins floating down the river, which was 5-10 feet higher due to the flooding. The flood waters were so strong they washed away entire pumpkin crops. The Great Pumpkin FloodĬan you imagine Halloween season without pumpkins? More than 200 years ago, eastern Pennsylvania experienced heavy rain causing the Susquehanna River to flood. This is a traditional Irish jack-o’-lantern carved from a turnip. This gave us a bigger canvas to work with! When immigrants brought over their carving tradition, Americans began carving jack-o’-lanterns from pumpkins. people began to make their own versions of Jacks lanterns by carving scary faces into turnips. That’s because Ireland didn’t have pumpkins. So, where did the whole Jack OLantern thing come from. Did you know jack-o’-lanterns were once carved from turnips? Ancient Celtic cultures were known to carve turnips and place embers inside to ward off evil spirits.
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