Sunday, October 26th will be our neighborhood’s annual Pumpkin Carving, Halloween Parade, music, food & drinks, and opportunity to enjoy a lot of holiday spirit fun! This year we are returning to the original location: Stanford Ave @ Corner of Palo Alto Way. Plan to join us for tasty snacks, spooky drinks, games, pumpkin carving, and our annual Neighborhood Halloween Parade.
- Pumpkin Carving – midmorning to 3 pm
- Halloween Parade – 3:30 pm
- Neighborhood gathering: Refreshments, treats, drinks & music – all day
Please use the Halloween Form to RSVP, Volunteer, and/or leave a note. Volunteers, you are needed! the Halloween Form to select areas to volunteer and help.
Please RSVP, even if you are just going to be at the celebration for a short time. Please also spread the news to your fellow neighbors. It is a wonderful event enjoyed by all ages.
Bring your own pumpkins for a huge Pumpkin carving event — tables and straw bales are setup and everyone carves their pumpkins. Carving spans from the mid-morning until 3pm. If you choose to carve your pumpkins at home, please bring the down for our world famous Pumpkin Carving Awards. Everyone then can enjoy the viewing of our neighbor’s artistic inspirations.
Finished pumpkins are set together for viewing — last few years we have had 50+ pumpkins carved! Please take your pumpkins home after the celebration and awards.
Activities happening in the afternoon and finishing with a Halloween parade, pumpkin carving awards, fun energy, and lots of food and snacks.
All events — No age limit – Teens, seniors, kids, toddlers, parents, grandkids, aunts, uncles, friends, cousins, ghosts, … Its all fun!
Pumpkin Carving this year will start mid-morning until 3:00. Pumpkin carving awards will be awarded during the parade. You can and should pick up your pumpkins after the event. An alternative is to carve your pumpkins at home and bring them down for viewing and awards.
The Halloween Parade with costumes will start about 3:30. Parade gathering time is 3:00 and set to start promptly at 3:30. Lots of photo ops, and a great chance to socialize with your favorite ghouls and spooks.
Please use the Halloween Form to leave a comment, RSVP, or Volunteer.
Sharing some of the Pumpkin Award Categories:
- Best Nostrils
- Dentist’s Nightmare
- Best Use of Pumpkin Guts
- Most UnPresidential
- Best Alien Looking
- Grumpiest Pumpkin
- Big Lebowski Dude Honor
- Pumpkin Most Likely to be Deported
- Best Use of Props
- Charlie Brown Great Pumpkin
- Grumpist, Happiest, Funiest, Meanest, Groviest, Hungriest, etc
- SF 49ers Faithful Award
- Disaster Unpreparedness Award
- Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Award
- Most Kissable and Least Kissable
Sharing Just Some of the Pumpkin Award Categories:
And for those University Park history buffs
Here are some special rewards based on our neighborhood’s colorful past history:
- Grateful Dead Special Honor
- Merry Pranksters Award
- Electric Koolaid Award
- Flower Child Award
- Ken Kesey’s Cuckoo’s Nest Honor
- Allen Ginsberg Howl Award
- Jerry Garcia Truck’n Award
