Battle of the Pumpkins 2022

October 24, 2022
A pumpkin painted with Blathers from Animal Crossing

Please join us all in admiring all of the outstanding pumpkins decorate by Public Library of Brookline staff! We hold an annual competition amongst the staff to pick a character or story and present them in pumpkin form at each of our service desks.

This year you can vote on your favorite pumpkins in person at each library location, but we wanted to be sure everyone could see the creative and vivid designs online.

If you don’t have a chance to visit a library in person this week, you can still vote for your favorites at each location here!

Click on an image below to see each pumpkin photo at their full size and detail!

A pumpkin painted to look like Blippi with a pipe cleaner bowtie.
A pumpkin painted with the catbus character from My Neighbor Totoro.
A pumpkin decorated with cotton balls and paper to look like Mary's Little Lamb
A pumpkin painted with a panorama of the main characters of the cartoon Owl House
A pumpkin painted with a ghostlike figure from the graphic novel Sheets
A pumpkin painted with characters from the cartoon Bluey
A pumpkin painting with a haunted house, dark blue sky, large yellow moon, and bats flying.
A pumpkin painted pink to look like Kirby
A pumpkin painted with Blathers from Animal Crossing
A pumpkin painted to look like the Cheshire Cat with a dark purple background and glowing orange eyes.