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Tragic Halloween pumpkin fails that deserve participation trophies

TRICK OR TREAT, Colorado! Sometimes your holiday plans just don't work out the way you think they will.
(Getty Images, Paul Sands)

TRICK OR TREAT, Colorado!

Sometimes your holiday plans just don't work out the way you think they will, and we here at Next love to embrace *real life.* Not your ~Instagram~ life.

And so today, Halloween, we celebrate your pumpkin fails.

If you can laugh at yourself, send your fail our way: next@9news.com.

This one from 5-year-old Jordan in Westminster, courtesy of his mom, Chelsea

"Forgot to buy pumpkins so she improvised with an apple ... Glowstick used instead of candle." (Courtesy: Michelle Marshall)

"A deer ate my pumpkin." (Courtesy Josh Piquard; pumpkin belongs to his son, Ian.)

Courtesy: Josh Piquard

This was supposed to be Tower Bridge in London. (Courtesy: Corey Stopperan)

Courtesy: Cory Stopperan

"Ruthless squirrels ripped Toothless' face off long before Halloween. RIP." (Courtesy: Abby Quinn)

Courtesy: Abby Quinn

"The squirrels ate this one before Halloween. It was a Day of the Dead skull." (Courtesy: Lawrence Valdez)

Courtesy: Lawrence Valdez

No idea what this was supposed to be. (Courtesy: Paul Sands)

Courtesy: Paul Sands

These ones shriveled up since they were first cut. Now they look like 2 old men. (Courtesy: Mandi Land)

Intricate design carved too early (Courtesy: Jenna Schrader Schaeffer)

Pumpkin cake fail (Courtesy: Dian Jones)

"This was supposed to be a race car (made by adult)." (Courtesy: Moreen Sawyer)

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