We carved pumpkins last night. Normally, we just do horribly disjointed faces that come out pretty akward. This year, Cathie picked up a book of intricate designs, which the kids traced on and then we helped them carve. I'm not sure a high power laser could do the kind of detail that this thing took. At the end, they looked almost nothing like the designs, but when we threw a candle in it, the designs were almost recognizable.