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Decorating Contest

2025 Pumpkinfest Decorating Contest

Entry Form

Prize categories

Business – Daytime only

Plaques will be awarded for:

  • First Place
  • Second Place
  • Third Place

Residential – Daytime

  • First Place: $200.00
  • Second Place: $150.00
  • Third Place: $100.00

Residential – Nighttime – Animated

  • First Place: $200.00
  • Second Place: $150.00
  • Third Place: $100.00

Residential – Nighttime – Non-Animated

  • First Place: $200.00
  • Second Place: $150.00
  • Third Place: $100.00

Decorating Contest Rules

Be aware that by entering the contest, you are accepting the following:

  • Businesses and Residences in the Waterford area are eligible to participate in the contest.
  • Concession 6 Townsend (Swamp Rd) on both sides, plus Halyk Cres between Hwy 24 and Cockshutt Rd to Concession 11 Townsend (Rockford Rd) on both sides between Hwy 24 and Cockshutt Rd.
  • The deadline for entry is 4:00 pm on Wednesday, October 15, 2025.
  • To receive prize money, the display must remain in place until noon on Sunday, October 19, 2025.
  • Entrants are considered to have provided permission for photographs of their business/residence to be published as determined by the Waterford Lions Pumpkinfest committee.
  • The winners will be announced on Friday on the festival’s Main Stage at 5:00 p.m., and plaques will be distributed to the winners then.

Categories:

  • Business
  • Residential Daytime
  • Residential Nighttime – Animated
    • Animated is considered an exhibit that utilizes any or all of the following: mechanical or electronic devices that create movement within the exhibit; computer graphics or special effects that create the illusion of any type of movement, including characters singing.
  • Residential – Non-Animated
    • Non-animated is considered an exhibit without the use of mechanical or electronic devices, including the use of computer-assisted graphics or visual effects. The use of lighting will be allowed.

Judging will be based on:

  • Pumpkinfest, Halloween or Fall Harvest theme
  • Creativity
  • Originality

Judging times:

  • Daytime Judging: Thursday, October 16 and Friday, October 17, between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm.
  • Nightime Judging: Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16, between 7:00 and 11:00 pm.

Please ensure that your house number is clearly visible.

Questions?

Please email pumpkinfest@pumpkinfest.com for questions.

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