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Wil Wheaton's kid carves emoticon jack-o-lantern - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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Its cover was yellowed, and the green comb-tooth binding had a bit of a jack-o-lantern look from missing teeth, and the pages were splattered with batter stains, grease, and residual powdered sugar.
Pawpaw Adventure Part Three: Pawpaw Faux Pas Sarah Lenz 2009
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Last year I did a yoda (white pumpkin we dyed the inside green), 2 Nightmare Before Christmas ones (1 tall pumpkin w/Jack & Sally on it, and another w/the ghost dog), and then the last one was just a slightly more complicated than normal jack-o-lantern face. halloween2009
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Thessaly sez, For those who wish Halloween wasn't over: Caitlin Roper holds the record for making the world's largest collection of jack-o-lantern grapes.
Boing Boing 2009
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Last year I did a yoda (white pumpkin we dyed the inside green), 2 Nightmare Before Christmas ones (1 tall pumpkin w/Jack & Sally on it, and another w/the ghost dog), and then the last one was just a slightly more complicated than normal jack-o-lantern face. halloween2009
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You can also buy jack-o-lantern carving kits which make the whole process relatively easy.
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"I need to take time off and smell the roses," said Joan, an energetic 72-year-old with short blond hair who earlier this week was dressed in black, with a jack-o-lantern necklace and a measuring tape around her neck.
After 3 decades of dress-up, a costume wrangler takes her leave John Kelly 2010
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Otherwise you might just fall face first into that plastic jack-o-lantern, and end up feeling crummy about your candy-bloated self when you finally come up for air.
Trick or -- eek! Look at that nutrition label! Jennifer LaRue Huget 2010
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"I need to take time off and smell the roses," said Joan, an energetic 72-year-old with short blond hair who earlier this week was dressed in black, with a jack-o-lantern necklace and a measuring tape around her neck.
After 3 decades of dress-up, a costume wrangler takes her leave John Kelly 2010
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There is a house not far from mine that has every inch covered with those blow-up Halloween figures, including an eight-foot jack-o-lantern.
The recession is cutting back on our Halloween spending… « Dating Jesus 2009
bilby commented on the word jack-o-lantern
See also jack-o'-lantern.
February 16, 2009