Jack-o’-Lanterns

I hope everyone had a happy Halloween. ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ Our first ever Japanese Emoticon Pumpkin Carving Contest was a success I think, with nine different entries. The winning pumpkin is this awesome looking worried one by Alex CB! You’ve won yourself a Kaoiro kaomoji emoticon stamp!

Winner: (ó﹏ò｡) by Alex CB

This jack-o’-lantern also looks great in the dark all lit up.

There were a lot of other awesome kaomoji pumpkins and you can view the rest of the entires below or on our Facebook page where you can like your favourites.

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) by Gabriella

(˼●̙̂ ̟ ̟̎ ̟ ̘●̂˻) by Matt

(•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑ by Giang

ლ(´◉❥◉｀ლ) by John

【＝◈︿◈＝】by Kevin

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ by Miranda

(●__●) and (・ω・) by Jessica

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) by Antonia

Everyone who entered, you all did an awesome job and I hope to do something similar again next year! ٩(♡ε♡ )۶

This Halloween we’re having our first ever Japanese emoticon pumpkin carving contest! The rules are very simple. Carve any Japanese emoticon into a jack-o’-lantern and send a photo of it to (removed). Whoever sends the most awesome looking one will win a Kaoiro Japanese Emoticons Stamp!

Kaoiro Japanese Emoticon Stamp — You could win one of these!

The deadline for the contest is October 31, 2014. I’ll post all the entries in a future blog post as well as on our Facebook, Twitter and Google+ pages so be sure to follow us on your platform of choice. You can feel free to carve any kind of Japanese emoticon you want into a pumpkin, kaomojis or emojis work. I’m looking forward to seeing what you’re able to come up with! ٩(๑∂▿∂๑)۶♡

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Japanese Emoticon Pumpkin Carving Contest Results!