I dunno, perhaps I am just not a patient enough person, or perhaps the kit The Boy and I used was inferior. Either way, I have a hollow, faceless pumpkin on my front porch.
I might try again today, with a "Big Girl" knife, but after bending two of the "saws" my kit came with and slicing my finger (I didn't notice it at first, but I have a big red angry looking wound on my hand today) and totally destroying several patterns, I've decided pumpkin carving is not my forte.
I feel bad because The Boy was really excited about it, and of course, he bought the pumpkins and the kit. The whole shebang probably cost less that 20 bucks, but for 20 bucks, we could have gone and seen a movie, and I probably wouldn't have complained as much... Ok, maybe not. But you get my point.
Next year I'm going to get a fake pumpkin and call it a day.