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The best and most frightening jack-o’-lanterns we saw this year

By Toronto Life| Photography by Giordano Ciampini
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The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

On the night after Halloween, parks across the city host pumpkin parades, where nearby residents can haul out their jack-o’-lanterns for one last public display before consigning them to the compost bin. We headed out in the rain to Sorauren Park, near Roncesvalles, on the hunt for the very best among this year’s crop of carved gourds. Here’s what we found:

This is maybe the most terrifying pumpkin we’ve ever seen:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

A white pumpkin with no facial features? Whoever carved this one doesn’t play by the rules:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

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Another clever use of a white pumpkin:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

These pumpkins form a Pac-Man diptych:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

There’s a lot going on here:

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The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

The squirrels were too terrified to eat this one:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

Mario is having a moment:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

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This one is part pumpkin, part snowman, and part fox:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

 

This one, from nearby McCormick Park, doesn’t let the seeds go to waste:

The best and most frightening jack-o'-lanterns we saw this year

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