Glassblower Tomas Gregg blows into a hose extension to make a pumpkin for the Great Glass Pumpkin Preview on Oct. 3, 2025, at the Bloomington Creative Glass Center in Bloomington. Gregg made a jack-o-lantern glass pumpkin. Bloomington Creative Glass Center Executive Director Abby Gitlitz torches a pumpkin for the Great Glass Pumpkin Preview on Oct. 3, 2025, at the glass center in Bloomington. The pumpkins required temperature regulation to prevent the glass from cracking or exploding. Bloomington Creative Glass Center volunteers fill tables for the Great Glass Pumpkin Preview on Oct. 4, 2025, at the glass center in Bloomington. The preview was an event for the general public to view pumpkins prior to the main pumpkin patch. Bloomington Creative Glass Center worker Nicole Riley uses a dremel on a pumpkin at the Great Glass Pumpkin Preview on Oct. 4, 2025, at the glass center in Bloomington. In preparation for the patch, the organizers removed any sharpness or loose shards on the pumpkins. Bloomington Creative Glass Center volunteers unwrap pumpkins for the Great Glass Pumpkin Preview on Oct. 4, 2025, at the glass center in Bloomington. The pumpkins made throughout the year are held in an attic, then unwrapped for the pumpkin preview and patch. Glass pumpkins sit on the table at the Great Glass Pumpkin Preview on Oct. 4, 2025, at the Bloomington Creative Glass Center in Bloomington. The tables were organized by volunteers in order of price. A Bloomington Creative Glass Center volunteer takes a photo of a glass pumpkin at the 16th annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 11, 2025, in Bloomington. The volunteers arrived at the event two hours early to unload and set up the patch on the Monroe County Courthouse lawn. People shop at the 16th annual Great Glass Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 11, 2025, at the Monroe County Courthouse lawn in Bloomington. The Bloomington Creative Glass Center made 1,626 pumpkins for the patch.
PHOTOS: Behind the scenes of the Great Glass Pumpkin Patch
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