Photo by Ashlynn Couch
A child smashes her pumpkin with a bat at the pumpkin smashing event in Blackburn Park.
Children took bats and hammers to their pumpkins on Nov. 7, smashing them to bits before they were disposed of in a large dumpster. The event took place at Blackburn Park, and five local municipalities participated: Crestwood, Sunset Hills, Webster Groves, Brentwood and Maplewood.

