Pumpkin Dog Costumes

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Pumpkin Patch Pooch Costume

What a cutie! Your dog will look adorable in this sweet pumpkin patch costume! I love the little hat that looks like the stem and leaves. And the way the costume is puckered and gathered all the way around the dog, it does look like a pumpkin!

Pumpkin Dog Costume This cute little pumpkin dog outfit is for smaller to medium sized dogs. I love the hat on this one too. It’s rounded to give the appearance of a pumpkin top.

Most people think pumpkins have always been used in making Jack O Lanterns but actually they have been used for only a few hundred years. In Europe, Jack O Lanterns were carved from turnips or potatoes.

Pumpkins actually originated in North America. Probably Mexico. They have been grown in America for over 5,000 years. But now they are grown in almost every continent.  The only continent they aren’t grown in is Antartica. 80% of pumpkins are harvested and used in October. Wonder why???

American Indians used pumpkins not only just for food, but also as medicine. I’d love to know how they were used as medicine.

Some more interesting facts about pumpkins:

• The ridges on a pumpkin are called ridges.
• Pumpkins are a Fruit AND a Squash.
• Pumpkins are 90% water.
• The largest pumpkin pie ever baked, took 5 hours to bake, measured more than 5 feet and weighed 2020 pounds! Yummy!
• Pumpkins are very healthy for you. They have loads of Potassium, Vitamin A and B and no Cholesterol.
• They also are a good source of fiber.
• Pumpkin Flowers are edible too
• Pumpkins not only are good baked, but also can be roasted, broiled, boiled microwaved and steamed.
• The pumpkin capital of the world is Morton, IL
• The word pumpkin comes from the Greek word pepon, which means “large melon.”
• Pumpkin pie used to be made quite differently in Colonial times. They used it in their crust.
• The colonists also baked whole pumpkins in the ashes of their cooking fires. They would cut off the top, and after removing the seeds, they filled the pumpkin with honey, spices and milk.
• Pumpkin is also used as a feed for animals.
• The largest pumpkin ever grown weighed 1458 pounds but it was damaged so it couldn’t be “officially the largest pumpkin grown.”
• The official pumpkin was over 100 pounds lighter at 1,340 pounds.
• Native Americans made mats from pumpkins by cutting strips of pumpkin and drying it out.
• Native Americans called pumpkins isquotersquash or isqoutm. I bet that’s where we get the word squash from.
• Roasted pumpkin seeds make a yummy, healthy snack.

I’m sure after reading all these interesting facts about pumpkins, you want to dress your dog in a pumpkin dog costume.  And you probably want a piece of pumpkin pie too! Oh, and if you want to match your dog with your own pumpkin costume, here’s one for you:

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