Decas students decorate dazzling pumpkins
Ava Locurto, a first grader, made a pumpkin based on her favorite book, titled “Bedtime Snuggles.” Photos by: Chloe Shelford
Jacoby Pellegrini painted his pumpkin to look like Harry Potter.
Webz is an original creation of Santo F.
Annabelle Bruillard’s pumpkin is decorated to look like Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Popie the Pumpkin was painted by first grader Anna Laporte.
Serenity Rideout’s shrunken pumpkin. 
The Bad Seed looks menacing.
Madeline is wearing her signature yellow hat.
This Pizza Pig pumpkin is decorated with some delicious-looking pizzas.
This pig is from Mo Willem’s book “Are You Ready to Play Outside?”
Pete the Cat shared this table with some literary friends.
This Spiderman pumpkin has a lot of flair.
This pumpkin was painted to look like a Creeper from Minecraft.
The Cat in the Hat is wearing his signature accessory.
“My pumpkin likes to dress up as a monster truck,” wrote first grader Mason Buckley. “He dresses up so he can race.”
Pikachu made an appearance in the courtyard.
This bear was inspired by the book “I Love You Just Because” by Donna Keith.
This dazzling pumpkin was inspired by Finn McMissile.
Nibbles the Book Monster looks mischievous.
Second grader Jason Avila’s pumpkin was inspired by the book “Where’s My Mummy?” by Carolyn Crimi.
This little tiger was inspired by “I Don’t Want to Go to Bed!” by Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes.
This pumpkin features a drawing of Winnie the Pooh.
This pumpkin is decorated with a beautiful fish.
Ava Locurto, a first grader, made a pumpkin based on her favorite book, titled “Bedtime Snuggles.” Photos by: Chloe Shelford
Jacoby Pellegrini painted his pumpkin to look like Harry Potter.
Webz is an original creation of Santo F.
Annabelle Bruillard’s pumpkin is decorated to look like Clifford the Big Red Dog.
Popie the Pumpkin was painted by first grader Anna Laporte.
Serenity Rideout’s shrunken pumpkin.
The Bad Seed looks menacing.
Madeline is wearing her signature yellow hat.
This Pizza Pig pumpkin is decorated with some delicious-looking pizzas.
This pig is from Mo Willem’s book “Are You Ready to Play Outside?”
Pete the Cat shared this table with some literary friends.
This Spiderman pumpkin has a lot of flair.
This pumpkin was painted to look like a Creeper from Minecraft.
The Cat in the Hat is wearing his signature accessory.
“My pumpkin likes to dress up as a monster truck,” wrote first grader Mason Buckley. “He dresses up so he can race.”
Pikachu made an appearance in the courtyard.
This bear was inspired by the book “I Love You Just Because” by Donna Keith.
This dazzling pumpkin was inspired by Finn McMissile.
Nibbles the Book Monster looks mischievous.
Second grader Jason Avila’s pumpkin was inspired by the book “Where’s My Mummy?” by Carolyn Crimi.
This little tiger was inspired by “I Don’t Want to Go to Bed!” by Julie Sykes and Tim Warnes.
This pumpkin features a drawing of Winnie the Pooh.
This pumpkin is decorated with a beautiful fish.
Students at the John W. Decas Elementary School got to visit a sweet gallery of pumpkins they’d decorated to look like their favorite fictional characters on Friday afternoon, even though school hadn’t met that day.
“Look at all these great pumpkins!” exclaimed Principal Bethany Chandler. She said that she wanted to make sure students and their families were able to celebrate the kids’ excellent work.
“A lot of students were very creative,” said Charlie Avila, a Minot Forest student who was helping out at the event. Avila said that many students, parents and staff members came to the event — some in costume.
Ava Locurto, a first grader, made a pumpkin based on her favorite book, titled “Bedtime Snuggles.”
She painted the pumpkin green like grass and created a cozy bed on top for bunnies — some homemade — that represent her family. The bed even had a tiny homemade pillow.
“Bunnies are my favorite animal,” Locurto said.
Some students’ pumpkins were based on characters they created.
One spooky spider with four eyes and a wide smile, created by kindergarten student Santo F., was named Webz. According to a short story Santo wrote, Webz lives in an abandoned house with his siblings, John and Twinkle. He loves to eat bugs, especially flies.
Popie, a pumpkin painted by first grader Anna Laporte, loves Halloween.
“Most trolls do,” explained the card introducing Popie.
Serenity Rideout’s tiny pumpkin had a scared look on its face. Her “shrunken pumpkin” came with a story, explaining that pumpkins shrink when they get scared.
“I planned to carve my pumpkin last night but when I went to grab it, it screamed and started spinning,” Rideout wrote. “It spun off the counter and when it landed, it was a shrunken pumpkin, so I drew a face instead.”
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