HAYDEN BYRD, a fifth-grade student at Stanford Elementary School, won first place in the multilple characters category in the school's annual pumpkin decorating contest. He created characters from Alice in Wonderland.

FIFTH-GRADE pumpkin design winners were, from left, Jacob Neighbors with Mega Man, 2nd Place, Katie Bray with Grinch, 3rd Place, and Audrey Foster with Harry Potter, 1st Place.

CHICKEN LITTLE. Ms. Val’s Pal’s Class won 2nd Place with Chicken Little.

CHICKEN LITTLE. Ms. Val’s Pal’s Class won 2nd Place with Chicken Little.

THE GRINCH was the character third-grader Kyndall Cole chose for her pumpkin design.

IN THE THIRD-GRADE category, Eiryn Estes, took 1st Place with Poppy, Hadley Spoonamore won 2nd Place with Pinkalicious and Tinley Lynn took 3rd Place with Max.

SHINE. Kate Harris took 3rd Place in the first-grade category with Shine.

ANNIE AND ALLIE Baker with Peterrific and Pinkalicious, the 3rd-Place winner in the multiple characters category.

MARIO & SCOOBY DOO. First-grade winners Gabe Gander, 1st Place with Mario, and Abe Hurt, 2nd Place, Scooby Doo.

KINDERGARTEN KIDDOS. Jax Martin won 1st Place in kindergarten designs with Fly Guy, Jaia Reynolds won 2nd Place with If You Give A Mouse A Cookie and Annabelle Grigson, won 3rd Place with the Black Princess.

WINNING DESIGNS. Fourth-grade winners in the annual Stanford Pumpkin Decorating Contest were, from left, Alexia Snow, 1st Place with Harry Potter, Alexa Estes, 2nd Place with Jack Skellington and Kaylee Monday, 3rd Place with Poppy.

SECOND GRADE. Kaydance Lay, left, won 1st Place in the second-grade category with Scarecrow, Dani Ledford, took 2nd Place with The Grinch and Asher Diaz took 3rd Place with Shark.