DIY and Product Review: Pumpkin Carving using a Pumpkin Carving Kit from Vita

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Recently, I was contacted by Abby, a representative for a premier Arts and Craft brand, to review their Pumpkin Carving Kit and write a blog post about my experiences. I am excited to share with you how it went and a carving contest that Vita is sponsoring that goes in conjunction with Halloween and this fall season.

I ordered the toolset through Amazon. Here is what it looked like when it arrived. My kids were very excited to get started. Last weekend, we had the opportunity to head to a local farm for their Apple Festival and purchase our pumpkins.

We started by laying out all of the fun stencils that are included in the kit to pick which one we wanted to use.

We went with one of the jack-o-lantern faces. Whipped out the tools and started working. My husband loves to work with his hands so he got right in there and took off the top using the saw from the kit and had us all helping him pull out the guts.

We found it easier than in years past to get the guts out by using the scoop tool included in the kit. In years past we have used various large spoons and such to help us scrape out the guts. I think the scoop was one of my favorite tools.

We then proceeded to tape the stencil to the side of the pumpkin where we wanted to cut out our face. We then used the poker tool to poke the corners of each part of the face. We removed the stencil and drew the face with a permanent marker using the pokes as a guideline.

Then we went back to using the saw and cut out the face by following along the face lines that we drew. Each of us took turns using the saw to cut out different parts of the face.

Our families thoughts on cutting out the face:

"This was fun." 12-year-old daughter.

"Fun" 10-Year-old daughter.

"Fun" 8-year-old son.

"Was this fun?" asking our 4-year-old "yeah"

" I wish it was electric." Jeff my husband, "but it worked well."

I think it worked really smoothly. Seemed to cut through the pumpkin really easily and seemed easy to follow our lines we drew for our face. Each of our kids, minus the four-year-old, seemed to be able to handle the saw fairly easily. We didn't really use the etching tool but probably would if we had been doing a different design.

The tools seem really sturdy and easy to use for all sorts of ages. Great kit for the whole family. We had a lot of fun carving our pumpkin and if we have time hope to carve out four more before Halloween. The kit seems reasonably priced and it arrived quickly through Amazon. Anyone out there looking to do some fun pumpkin carving this would be a great kit to get. Vita has given me a coupon to be used by my followers. Look below for the info on how to purchase and for the coupon. In addition, Vita is having a Pumpkin Carving Contest. See below for more info.

Here is the Company and Product Info:

• LINK TO PRODUCT(NOTE: link redirects to Amazon):http://vitacarving.com
• EXCLUSIVE 20% OFF COUPON CODE: QQL8Y4FW
• Vita's FACEBOOK: Vita For Home
• Vita's INSTAGRAM: @vitaforhome

So here are the simple details regarding the pumpkin carving contest Vita is sponsoring:

1. Must be a pumpkin (of course!)
2. All entries must either be published to Instagram with @VitaForHome tagged and hashtags:

• #VitaForHome
• #CelebrateWithVita
• #CarvingContest

OR the contestant can email their submissions to hello@vitaforhome.com

3. The winner will be announced on November 20th so contestants will have time to participate even after Halloween.

4. The prize is a $200 Amazon Gift Card.

How exciting is all of this! I hope you will join us and get one of these fun pumpkin carving kits and enter into their contest. Don't forget to use the exclusive coupon included above. If you have any questions, please let me know and I will try and answer them.

Have a great rest of your week and please share pictures with me if you do end up getting the kit and carving out a fun pumpkin. I would love to see what you create.

I did receive this product to give my honest opinion on the product and to share about their contest. In addition, there are affiliate links included in my blog. If you click on one and possibly purchase something you can help support my blog. Thanks in advance.