My daughter and I carved the faces out of those white pumpkins for the grandkids then i let them color on them with markers. They are just toddlers.
They helped clean the "guts" out of them a little bit 😅
I just got these off amazon this year, i too was tired of the cheezy handles and bending blades. They worked well. Only complaint is i wish it had a smaller jigsaw blade in it for the small stuff.
Professional Halloween Pumpkin... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B77JDTCN?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share