Saturday and Sunday, October 11 and 12
11:00 am – 7:00 pm daily
Admission: Adults $8, Children $6

Join us for two days celebrating America’s favorite gourd – the Pumpkin. Fun for the whole family.

All day activities include: the corn maze, face painting, pumpkin painting, slides, hayrides to pumpkin patch, playground, food for purchase, country store. Winners from the coloring contest and pumpkin carving contest will be displayed as well.

Meet our 2008 New Mexico Pumpkin Princess Lexi Parra

Lexi Barra is a 5th grade student, who is homeschooled by her mother Jhana. Lexi dances in a Ballet Folklorico group, is a Junior Girl Scout, and loves hanging out with her friends and riding her scooter. Lexi recently cut 14” off her hair off to donate to Locks For Love. Lexi enjoys trying new things and looks forward to her reign as the New Mexico Pumpkin Princess because she wants to be a community leader.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

11:00	gates open
1:00 pm	Seed Spitting contest
2:00 pm	Prizes awarded in Pumpkin Recipe Contest (previously judged)
3:00 pm	Pie Eating Contest
4:00 pm	Pie Throwing Contest, benefiting Cowboys for Cancer Research
5:00 pm	Pumpkin Shot Put
6:00 pm	Pumpkin Carving Contest Prizes awarded
7:00 pm	Pumpkin Glow

Sunday, October 12, 2008

11:00	gates open
1:00 pm	Prizes awarded to Pumpkin Coloring Contest winners (previously judged)
2:00 pm	Pumpkin Shot Put
3:00 pm	Pie Eating Contest
4:00 pm	Research
5:00 pm	Seed Spitting Contest
5:30 pm	Adopt a Pumpkin pumpkins weighed and Prizes Awarded

For more information on each contest, click on the links above. For general information about the festival, contact Helping Hands Event Planning at 575-522-1232 or the Mesilla Valley Maze at 575-526-1919.