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Kids dressed in a variety of colorful costumes arrived at the George Washington Carver Museum & Cultural Center with caretakers in tow and a mission on their minds: to carve the best pumpkin just in time for Halloween.
“My pumpkin is going to have a spider, and it has a face on the other side,” said Skyler Johnson, pointing at his snaggle-toothed jack-o-lantern. “He’s a happy pumpkin, but he’s scaring people.”
The museum hosted its third annual Pumpkin Carving on the Dock on Saturday, inviting families to come and children to dress up in their Halloween costumes. Service organization The Links, Inc. and the museum support group, George Washington Carver Ambassadors, donated the pumpkins.
Museum staff and volunteers from both organizations helped run the event, including judging the costume and pumpkin carving contests. A green fairy, a lizard and Thomas the Tank Engine took top honors at the costume contest. The winning pumpkin featured seeds oozing out of its wide grin.
During the pumpkin carving, the museum also held its weekly African drum class and Kiswahili African language class.
The museum became the first African-American neighborhood museum in Texas when it opened in 1980.
Museum archivist Faith Weaver said she hopes to see more families attend future events, including December’s Festival of Trees, which celebrates the winter holidays by lighting Christmas trees and meeting Santa.
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