Annual Book Character Pumpkin Decorating Contest
to benefit the Plainville Food Pantry
1. Decorate a pumpkin like a book character.
Please do not cut into a real pumpkin - using fake pumpkins perfectly fine! Adults, teens and kids are welcome to participate.
2. Bring it to the library by Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
Everyone will vote with a canned good from October 15 - 29.
The winner with the most canned goods will get a $20 Dunkin gift card and a Plainville Library Tote Bag from the Friends of the Library.
Pumpkins are ready to go home for the holiday with the creator on October 30 and 31.
2025 Pumpkins - Now on Display. Vote with a canned good thorough October 29!
Boo to You, Winnie the Pooh
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It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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Greg Heffley
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Barnacle is Bored
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Katniss Everdeen
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Dorothy Gale
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2024 Pumpkins - for inspiration
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Coraline
Elephant & Piggie
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Dobby
Headless Horseman
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Don't Eat Bees
Harry Potter
Patchwork
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The Sanderson Sisters
Greg Heffley
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2023 Pumpkins for inspiration:
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These are some previous pumpkins to give you some inspiration!
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2018 Pumpkins:
Not Quite Narwhal
Homer Simpson and Donuts
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Raggedy Anne
Shrek and Gingy
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Wonder Woman
Pennywise
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2017 Pumpkins:
Thing #1 from Cat in that Hat
Perry the Platypus from Phineas and Ferb
The Whale from Emma & The Whale
Incy Wincy Spider
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Gumball Machine from Penny Candy Story
Winnie the Pooh and Hunny Pot
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Poky Little Puppy
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Hedwig from Harry Potter
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Papa Smurf
Ella Enchanted
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Angry Bird, Arthur, Clifford, Fish from Cat in the Hat, THe Lorax, Minions, Pigeon, Pippi Longstocking, The Red Queen, Snitch, and Haunted House, Haunted Mouse.
