This past weekend, my family went to our favorite family friendly farm that offers a variety of locally grown fresh season changing produce. We love taking the kids to sample the fruits; pet the animals, play in the children’s sections, and smell the flowers while purchasing amazing foods. This trip we were on a mission to find perfect pumpkins to carve. Arriving home, we found a package on the doorstep. The package contained a stainless steel pumpkin carving tool set from Vita For Home. The kit includes a Pumpkin Scooper, Pumpkin Carving Knife Saw and Etching Tool. The weight of the tools and the thickness of the solid handles surprised me. In the past, we have always used the plastic pumpkin carving kits that are on sale at the local pharmacy or Walmart. We struggle though poking holes into the pumpkins with the tools just to have them snap off, tips bend or the "special design tool" becomes stuck in the pumpkin. That is when the fun begins... The "special design tool" is stuck in all the way to the bottom of the handle. You pull with all your might. Nothing. You try over and over again. Then you think, "I need leverage!" Putting the pumpkin on the floor, placing a foot against the pumpkin your get both hands on the "special design tool" and begin pulling. Nothing! You try again and again and again. Swear is now beading on your forehead. You look like a crazed person on a bad sugar high after eating a bowl of Halloween candy. The kids think you have lost your mind and after laughing at your struggle your husband decides to finally help, you remove the stupid tool. His reason..."you’re starting to scare the kids!" Not this year! These AWESOME pumpkin-carving tools with stood the abuse we gave them. The Pumpkin Scooper was my favorite! I usually end up losing a soup spoon or two after everybody uses them to scrape and remove the fibrous strands of the pumpkin (known as pumpkin guts in our house). The Stainless Steel Scooper in the kit from Vita For Home has serrated edges on the rounded part that ripped right through the pumpkin guts. This left the inside of the pumpkin cleaner than any of our past pumpkins.