• Oct 20: Friday Pumpkin Drop off 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. You may, also, drop off during regular open hours or the following Saturday morning, voting begins at 9:00 a.m.

Hallet Oak Gallery Pumpkin Contest and Open House:

“Spooktacular Afternoon Party”

Saturday, October 21, 2017, 4:30 pm – 6 pm.

Please join in on the family Pumpkin Contest by dropping off decorated, painted or carved pumpkins at the Hallet Oak Gallery on Friday, October 20, 2017 between 4:30 and 6 p.m.  Winners will be announced on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 5:30 pm.   All ages are welcome. There will be prizes!

Join the artists for thrills and chills at the Hallet Oak Gallery “Spooktacular Afternoon Party.”   Door prizes! Eat Screaming Hotdogs, Dress up in your silliest costume and come trick or treat with us at 7 different candy stations.  Take a photo with some special guests with your smart phone, take a crawl through the haunted tunnel decorated by Sacred Heart Catholic School art students, visit an artist or two, and more. Bob Weiss, a Gallery supporter and volunteer, constructs the tunnel using large-sized boxes from Ehler’s Furniture store. Designs by Donna donates the creative hand-made prizes. Sweets are prepared and donated by Gwen Bundy and Linda Cejka.

Voting will begin when the doors open at 9:00 a.m. the day of the party and winners will be announced at 5:30 p.m.  It will be a hauntingly good time!

Kid Monsters  Ages 6 yrs – 11 yrs –3 places – scariest, cutest, most creative pumpkin

Teen Monsters Ages 12 to 14–3 places – scariest, cutest, most creative pumpkin

Adult Monsters 15 & up–3 places – scariest, cutest, most creative pumpkin

All Around Favorite Pumpkin –People’s choice

All divisions will receive gag prizes except All Around Favorite – which will receive a $50 cash prize.

Rules for carved pumpkins: Opening must be on the bottom.  Only battery-operated lights may be used. No candles allowed!

Pumpkins will be voted by the public.  The pumpkins will be numbered and votes cast. The Hallet Oak Halloween Haunted Tunnel will be open during the party, as well as on Halloween night, October 31, from 5 to 9 p.m., both days are open free to the public.

Don’t forget to drop off your pumpkins at the Gallery between 4:30 pm and 6:00pm on Friday, Oct. 20 2017. Voting will begin at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2017 when HOG opens and continue until 5:20 p.m.   Prizes will be given out at 5:30 p.m. Costumes are encouraged! All pumpkins will be on display.