YMCA's Floating Pumpkin Patch
Deklan Timblin, 2, swims toward Lorie Goss and his pumpkin at the Butler YMCA Saturday during their annual Floating Pumpkin Patch event.
Butler YMCA offers children nontraditional Floating Pumpkin Patch fun
Pumpkins do float, said Nick Yannotty, Butler YMCA youth and family director. About 30 kids jumped and climbed into a pool filled with pumpkins on Saturday at the Butler YMCA, 339 North Washington St., as part of its Floating Pumpkin Patch.
Children had the opportunity to seek and find their numbered pumpkin to decorate and carve.
The yearly event dates back about a decade, Yannotty said.
A floating pumpkin patch is a nontraditional pumpkin patch and one way to celebrate fall, he said.
“It's something unique,” he said.
Ella Demitras, 4, swims with her pumpkin at the Butler YMCA's Floating Pumpkin Patch event Saturday.
Lennon Grossbauer, 8, of Butler carves his pumpkin at the Butler YMCA Saturday.
Parker Knobeloch, 7, of Butler carves his pumpkin with his father, Bob Knobeloch.
Grady Demitras, 4, swims with his pumpkin at the Butler YMCA's Floating Pumpkin Patch event Saturday.
Alexis Smith, 5, swims toward her pumpkin with the help of her mother, April, at the Butler YMCA Floating Pumpkin Patch event Saturday.
Jiselle Vinroe, 11, of Portersville hauls her pumpkin out of the pool Saturday. Below, Ella Demitras, 4, swims with her pumpkin.
Grady,4 (Front), Ella, 4(left), and Ema Demitras, 10 paint pumpkins at the Butler YMCA's Floating Pumpkin Patch event Saturday.
Grady Demitras, 4, paints his pumpkin at the Butler YMCA's Floating Pumpkin Patch event Saturday.
