Pumpkin Smashing in November

Halloween is over... Time to smash up our pumpkins and feed them to the squirrels.

This year I'm going for a hatch and a sledgehammer.

That hatch is good for breaking these thick pumpkins up...

 See you set your sights as to where you want to hit

Windup for the swing...

And cut out the nose of the pumpkin!

You keep this up until its been beaten up and ready to be smashed.

Then you break out the sledgehammer and proceed to smash it to pulp.

See on this one we've worked it over with the hatch.... and then worked on beating it with the sledge.

Dad is directing me as to where to hit it with the hatch for maximum effectiveness.

And then a windup with the sledge!