A small sampling of the work of Minnesota's most talented pumpkin carver and peace activist

[Bjorn Against]

My friend and fellow peace activist Bill Habedank is a master pumpkin carver who puts on a display of over one hundred elaborately carved pumpkins during the week of Halloween every year. I am driving out there to see the full display tomorrow, but here is a small sampling of this year's carvings.





For those in the Minnesota area Bill's display will be up through Nov 3rd and is located at 1913 Grandview Ave in Red Wing, MN. There is no charge for admission, although donations for the local food shelf are encouraged.

On edit: Here are some additional pictures of his carvings:

[tnlefty]

1. Those are beautiful!

I'm so envious.

[Bjorn Against]

4. Yes, Bill is amazing and he takes great pride in his work

Bill spends all year looking forward to Halloween and then when it comes he works so hard to carve over pumpkins in a weeks time. I don't know how he is able to carve that many pumpkins with so much detail, but he certainly has reason to be proud of his display because I am sure it is one of the best displays in the nation.

[Bjorn Against]

2. Self delete -I moved all the pictures that were in this post to the OP so they would be more visible

[Sultana]

3. AMAZING WORK!

:headbang:

[mascarax]

5. Wow! I like the Teddy...

how long does it take for some of these intricate carvings?
Amazing he does this in such a short amount of time. Thanks for posting & let him know he has more fans now!

[Bjorn Against]

6. It takes him a week to carve about 120 pumpkins

He is working many hours during that week of course, and he does have several volunteers to scoop out the insides of the pumpkin and prep it for him so he is able to just carve and not have to worry about the grunt work.

[Ocracoker16]

7. Thank you so much for sharing

I wish I could view them in person. What a creative way to promote peace.

[applegrove]

8. Very cool.

[Bjorn Against]

9. Kick for Halloween