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Josiah Ma shows the pumpkin that he made with his parents to the class. He put a tea candle inside of it, and Mrs. Lane turned off the lights in the classroom to show everyone its glow. "My favorite thing about Pumpkin Discovery Day was that all the math and grammar and spelling that we had to study for was canceled that day," he said. (Photo: Audrey Nguyen).

Made from a recycled plastic container, Elliot Frost's pumpkin was painted from the inside instead of on the outside. He used a Sharpie to draw on its eyes and mouth. "My favorite thing about my project was that it can hold candy for me," Elliot said. "It just held some of my Halloween candy. Like, I got three bags full of candy, and one of them was my pumpkin." (Photo: Audrey Nguyen).

Luke Neumayr presents his project made from all recycled materials. "We nailed in some stuff into this candle, and we made it out of some things like hair clips and buttons for the eyes and stuff," Luke said. "We made a pet squid for it; it was originally going to be hair, but it just didn't work out. My mom helped me make it." (Photo: Audrey Nguyen).

Parker Brito opens up his pumpkin to show the class. He used his mom's empty laundry detergent container as the pumpkin's body. "My dad bought spiders, and he helped me use the hot glue gun to glue them on," Parker said. "My favorite thing was that I got to smell the thing my mom uses to do the laundry." (Photo: Audrey Nguyen).