Seasonal & Holidays

Still Time To Enter Stafford's 'Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee'

All Stafford Township residents and businesses are invited to participate in this annual pumpkin decorating contest.

Residents will also have the chance to vote for their favorite pumpkin.
Residents will also have the chance to vote for their favorite pumpkin. (Rachel Nunes/Patch)

STAFFORD, NJ — Halloween is almost here, but there's still time for some spooky fun - you can still enter Stafford Recreation and Home Alliance Realty's 4th Annual Jack-O-Lantern Jubilee until noon on Nov. 1.

This contest is open to all Stafford Township residents and businesses. You can use your own pumpkin of any size and decorate however you please - carving and painting are both acceptable.

Submit a photo of your gourd to recreation@staffordnj.gov. "Please be sure to tell us a story about your pumpkin carving fun and include which category your gruesome gourd falls under," Stafford Recreation said.

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These are the categories (which Stafford Recreation says will be judged by their "Pumpkin Professionals")

Carved

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Ages 0-12
Ages 13 and up

Painted

Ages 0-12
Ages 13 and up

Business

your Jack O' Lantern should easily identify your type of business and name

And back by popular demand is the People's Choice Award. Entries will be posted on the official Stafford Recreation Facebook page and residents can vote by liking the photo of their favorite pumpkin.

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