Last week I was invited to California by Walt Disney Studios (Disclosure: The Trip was All Expenses Paid). While I was in California last week I had the unique and incredible experience of learning how to carve pumpkins from a Master Pumpkin Carver, Joseph Yakovetic. This was part of a celebration for the launch of Finding Dory on Bluray (November 15) and Digital HD (Today!). I was particularly excited for this part of the trip because Andrew’s birthday party theme is Finding Dory. I’ve been going crazy raiding the dollar spot at Target to get items for the gift bags for the guests. If the kids weren’t four and five year-olds I may have thought to do Finding Dory pumpkins like the one I did on the trip, but I don’t think anyone at the house has the patience to do that.

Carving the Finding Dory pumpkin was really fun. We got to the Walt Disney Studios Lot and went to an Atrium in one of the buildings. There were perfect looking pumpkins set up on each table. There were also pieces of graphite paper, a Finding Dory stencil, Finding Dory tablecloths and plates to keep things clean and for color reference. Then there were packs of tools for each person to use for tracing, carving and painting. On top of that there were some really nice gift bags and stuffed animals from the movie. I was lucky enough to get a Dory one for Andrew. He’s going to love it. Continue reading Tips for the Perfect Finding Dory Pumpkin Carving Party →