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    Are You a Pumpkin Pro? Show Us Your Best Jack-o-Lantern

    By Jennifer Shore | Mashable – Mon, Oct 22, 2012

    1. Jack Skellington

    Our favorite character from The Nightmare Before Christmas who embodies both spooky and festive behavior. Image courtsey of teeshajamie

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    These days, pumpkin carvings go way beyond your traditional jack-o-lantern. Halloween celebrators are getting super creative with their carvings.

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    More than ever before, people are sharing their handiwork on social media. To give you some inspiration, we've selected 10 of the best we found on Instagram, but we want to see the pumpkins that you're carving.

    Share your own masterpieces with us. Your creation could be featured on Mashable next week. Bonus points for the geekiest, the scariest and the most original carvings. Happy Halloween!

    How to Share Your Pumpkin Carvings

    • Tweet or Instagram a photo of your original pumpkin to @mashablehq with the hashtag #MashOLantern. If you need more than one tweet to write your caption, just send us another tweet. OR
    • Drop your photo into the picture widget below.

    Submit your photo by Tuesday, Oct. 31 at 5 p.m. ET. The Mashable team will select our favorites from your submissions. These pictures will be featured on Mashable, as well as on our Facebook and Pinterest pages.

    Image courtesy of Flickr, ladybugbtk

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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