Pumpkin Decorating Contest

Saturday | October 10, 2026

What can your imagination do with a pumpkin? Join us for Oktoberfest at Tangletown Gardens & Wise Acre Eatery to show off your creativity and bring your best idea to life! Carve it. Paint it. Bedazzle it. Plant it? Anything goes!

Every participant wins $10 in Tanglebucks, and top prizes total $200 in Tangletown + Wise Acre gift cards!! Drop off your pumpkin between 9 AM–1 PM on Saturday.

Winners will be announced at 2 PM in the Biergarten, with great food, lively games, crafts, clog dancing, Cinnamon the cow, and plenty of fall family fun!

Contest Rules

Step 1: Buy any pumpkin and fill out the form below (or grab one in store).

Step 2: Decorate your pumpkin any way you’d like!

Step 3: Bring the pumpkin and form to Oktoberfest on Oct. 10th between 9am and 1pm.

Step 4: Get your $10 in Tanglebucks and enjoy Oktoberfest while you wait for the winners to be announced at 2pm (you do not need to be present to win).

Grand prize winners in each category receive a $100 Tangletown Gardens gift card and a $100 Wise Acre gift card. Honorable mentions receive a $50 Tangletown Gardens gift card. Multiple categories per age group!

*1 (one) $10 Tanglebucks per participant.