Well, my mom prefers having her pumpkins painted rather than carved into jack-o-lanterns anyway, and she usually has an idea of what she wants painted on them year after year (last year was the biggest chore yet: she got a giant pumpkin and wanted Radagast and his Rhosgobel Rabbits from THE HOBBIT painted all the way around it), but I figured I'd surprise her this year since she's always wanting two different pumpkins every year.