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Youth activities are also provided, such as pumpkin decorating and face painting. Over the past several years, Somethin’ Pumpkin has become a family-centered event which carries on not only the skill of cooking, but also the enjoyment of preparing food with family and friends.
Cooking Contest
Registration Deadline: September 6th
Includes 8 categories: 1) main dish, 2) desserts, 3) miscellaneous, 4) home grown, 5) youth: ages 8 to 12 – main dish & miscellaneous, 6) youth: ages 8 to 12 – desserts, 7) youth: ages 13 to 18 – main dish and miscellaneous, and 8) youth: ages 13 to 18 – main dish and miscellaneous.
Entries are judged and displayed as part of Cotton Ginning Days. Cash prizes are awarded in each category: first place - $100; second place - $50; third place - $25. Grand prize ($200) is awarded to overall Cooking Contest winner.
Cash prizes are awarded for first, second, and third place in each category, as well as a grand prize winner.
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
Pumpkin Decorating Contest includes three categories: grades K-2, grades 3-5, and family. Participants decorate a small pumpkin to portray a theme or character from any Maurice Sendak book… such as Where the Wild Things Are. Pumpkin entries are accepted September 30th – October 3rd.
Find contest details and pick up your pumpkin at participating Gaston County Library locations: Cherryville, Ferguson, Main, Tech@Lowell, and Union Road.
Youth activities are also provided, such as crafts, pumpkin decorating and face painting.
Contact: Linda J. Minges
No cost to participants.