ETV has you covered as you celebrate the season of pumpkin and spice! What do you know about pumpkins and the legends surrounding Halloween? Our October Factoids, will give you the information you need to know about the legend of "Stingy Jack" or "Jack of the Lantern".
Fun, Food and Family!
Want to try some healthy snacks for Halloween? Clemson Extension Water Resources Agent Katie Collins and her sister Bridget Altman show us how to make healthy Halloween snacks. Clementines, apples, bananas and vegetables are transformed! Learn to make a ghost from a banana and a spider from crackers, peanut butter and pretzels.
Make and decorate peanut butter and sweet potato truffles with your family. The younger members of the family will enjoy making pumpkin pie in a bag.
Laurie Aker of Earth Fare shows Amanda McNulty how to make Pumpkin Tabbouleh Jack O' Lanterns, a truly healthy salad with a beautiful and fun seasonal presentation.
Whether using fractions to make a loaf of pumpkin bread, or vectors to carve the perfect pumpkin, visit Knowitall.org for the answers.
Decorating Tips
Artist Edward Wimberly visits "Making It Grow" to demonstrate how to carve a unique jack-o-lantern. He has an interest in the Japanese Noh theater masks and gives a signature look to the jack-o-lantern carved in the studio.
There are ways that you can decorate your uncarved pumpkin that will see you through the seasons of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Allison Jones, Education Coordinator for the South Carolina Botanical Garden, shares tips on what we call "Hallow-Thanks-Mas" and how you can use double sided tape and acrylic paints to change the looks of your pumpkins. These decorating sessions can be a great deal of fun to do with your children or grandchildren.
For the basics of carving your pumpkins Sumter High School students Kathryn Parker and Jalen Johnson show us on "Making It Grow" how they carved pumpkins for Halloween using techniques they learned in class. Sumter High School Visual Art teacher Heidi Adler also brings in some examples from other students at Sumter High. Sumter School District Elementary Art Teacher Amanda Cox provides some tips for preserving jack-o-lanterns and shows us how to create designs using cookie cutters and even a drill!
Holly Beaumier joins Amanda McNulty at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market where they specialize in succulents, tropical plants, and bonsai, and shows Amanda how to use succulents to decorate pumpkins to create beautiful fall centerpieces or to add a unique touch to the home landscape.
To make a long-lasting ornament for your home, porch or garden, South Carolina Botanical Garden Education Program Coordinator Allison Jones walks us through making hypertufa pumpkins.
