By Gaia De Simoni and Naa Dedei Coleman
BU News Service
Kids have fun on the carousel at Boston Common during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/BU News Service 
The carousel at Boston Commond during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/BU News Service 
People walk by the carousel to head to the Frog Pond at Boston Common during the 2019 Pumpkin Float event, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/BU News Service 
A volunteer puts a pumpkin in the Frog Pond during the 2019 Pumpkin Float event at the Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
Volunteers at the pumpkin desk near the Boston Common’s Frog Pond put the light inside a pumpkin, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Rieko Shepherd puts a pumpkin on a floating board before putting it in the Frog Pond at the Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
Rieko Shepherd hands a pumpkin to Eddie Quinn before he puts it in the Frog Pond during the 2019 Pumpkin Float event at the Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
Eddie Quinn lets go of a lighted pumpkins in the Boston Common’s Frog Pond, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Rieko Shepherd gives two pumpkins to Eddie Quinn to put in the Boston Common’s Frog Pond, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Eddie Quinn carries two lighted pumpkins ready to be floated in the Boston Common’s Frog Pond, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Two volunteers put the pumpkins in the Frog Pond during the 2019 Pumpkin Float event at the Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
The pumpkins floating on the Frog Pong were carved by each family attending the Pumpkin Float event at the Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
Lighted pumpkins float on the Boston Common’s Frog Pond during the 2019 Pumpkin Float Event, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
The pumpkins floating on the Frog Pond during the 2019 Pumpkin Float event at the Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
Carved and lighted pumpkins float together on the Boston Common’s Frog Pond, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
A member of the staff at Boston Park and Recreation directs floating pumpkins on Boston Common’s Frog Pond, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
The Carousel all lighted up from the Boston Common’s Frog Pond during the 2019 Pumpkin Float event, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Naa Dedei Coleman/ BU News Service 
Kids play on a fluorescent teeter totter set in the Boston Common during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Kids swing on hanging fluorescent donuts set in the Boston Common during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Ava Chan dips her paint brush in the watercolor while painting at a stand during the Frog Pond Pumpkin Float 2019 at Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Hunter Chan paints a monster with his paint brush during the Frog Pond Pumpkin Float 2019 at Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Kids paint with watercolors and paint brush during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float at Boston Common, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
A Lego lighted pumpkin welcomes kids at the Lego stand during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
The Lego stand at the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float in Boston, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Kids jumps in an big inflatable pumpkin set in the Boston Common during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Two kids, one dressed as a pumpkin and the other as a sheep, bounce on an inflatable pumpkin set in the Boston Common during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service 
Kids wait in line to enter the inflatable Spooky Mansion set at the Boston Common during the 2019 Frog Pond Pumpkin Float, Oct. 18, 2019. Photo by Gaia De Simoni/ BU News Service
BOSTON — The sixth annual Frog Pond Pumpkin Float event took the stage at Boston Common’s Frog Pond on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Hundreds of families filled up the park to celebrate Halloween with kids dressed up in spooky costumes. The Frog Pond glowed in orange with floating lighted pumpkins carved and carried by the families and put in the pond by the volunteers. The carousel, a fluorescent playground, an inflatable pumpkin and a spooky mansion, as well as other child-focused activities entertained the children. The event was organized by Boston Parks and Recreation in partnership with the Skating Club of Boston.
