The results are in; Atlantic BT’s Inaguaral Pumpkin Carving Contest was a great success!
Atlantic BT strives to enhance culture with various team building activities. The most recent, which closely aligned to the candy holiday that is known as All Hallows’ Eve, was a pumpkin carving contest. This being the first of its kind we weren’t sure what to expect. We knew our designers could carve a mean pumpkin but were pleasantly surprised with the originality and enthusiasm all the departments showed. We had a lot of good laughs and enjoyed reviewing each other’s work.
The rules were simple. Atlantic BT provided the pumpkin and employees brought the tools of their choice. Props could be used to help support the overall idea. Initially we did set a time limit but soon found out the task was of greater difficulty (our pumpkins were massive, gutting alone took 30 minutes) and quickly removed it. Tools used ranged from delicate clay modeling tools, pumpkin carving kits and Dremel sets to less refined Dewalt drills.
We had a great time and it truly showed in the final results.
Voted by Atlantic BT employees.
The Winners
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Overall Winner
Mark Caron
Pumpkin Name: “Guessalope”
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2nd Place
Eileen Allen
Pumpkin Name: “Why so serious?”
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3rd Place
Andrew Bartlett
Pumpkin Name: “Hannibal”
Take a look and let us know which one you liked the best.
To clarify, the Guessalope was to make fun of Eric Guess and his photo of himself as a jackalope and his aptly named fantasy football team, “The Jaunty Jackalopes.” Selma gave me the idea so that Guess would lose to himself–and he did!
Can you post up a pic of the original Guessalope? I think that would show how good the pumpkin carving effort was.
Sure, that’s a good idea. I think I was most impressed by how many non-designers made such awesome pumpkins! Rachel, Billy, Tyler, etc. It shows everyone’s potential creativity…or at least attention to detail.
You guys all did a great job!!! Very cute idea! Can’t wait to see next years!
Thank you so much. We had a great time. Very happy with the results. Believe it or not there were a few first timers, myself included.
Joker was the best by far! Crazy Awesome!
Brian, thanks for stopping by. Enjoyed looking around your site as well. Hope business is good in Gastonia.
Best Regards,
Jon
Wow, definitely looks like fun. Now I think I’ve seen “Hannibal” on Google, but “Guessalope” is definitely unique. I’m impressed with Joker being a first time carving.
Ben, thanks! We had lots of fun. Next year I think we are going to open it up to clients and friends of Atlantic BT. After carving the “Joker” I feel like I can carve almost anything.
I like pumpkin pie with ice cream and sprinkles. Thank you.