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title: "September 2026: Practi-FALL Prints"
title: "October 2026: Halloween Prints"
category: "challenges"
subcategory: "current"
order: 1
description: "Functional utility and everyday practicality challenge."
description: "October 2026 Halloween Prints challenge details, judging criteria, and submission rules."
tags:
- active
- functional
- halloween
- contest
- challenge-010
- challenge-011
---
[← Back to Challenges Hub](../readme.md) | [Upcoming Preview](upcoming.md)
# Current Challenge: September 2026
# Current Challenge: October 2026
## Challenge: Practi"FALL" Prints
## Challenge: Halloween Prints
As we head into fall, it is time to show off the practical power of 3D printing with **Practi"FALL" Prints**!
Embrace the spooky season with our **Halloween Prints** design and printing challenge! From costume props and accessories to animated skeletons and glowing jack-o'-lanterns, bring your best Halloween creation to the October meetup.
Whether it is an everyday household fix or a clever workshop tool, bring in a practical print that solves a problem or makes life easier.
> [!NOTE]
> **Date Note:** Judging and show & tell will take place on **Wednesday, October 28th, 2026** (1 week later than usual due to library room scheduling).
### The Focus: Functional Utility & Everyday Practicality
The goal is to design or print a functional item that serves a practical purpose. This can be anything from a simple door stop, cord clip, or drawer organizer, to a crazy multi-levered bottle or can opener, tool jig, or replacement bracket!
### The Focus: Spooky Creativity & Print Craftsmanship
We are looking for prints that celebrate Halloween! Submissions can be:
- **Costume Props & Wearables**: Helmets, masks, cosplay gear, badges, and wand replicas.
- **Spooky Decor**: Skulls, spiderwebs, ghosts, jack-o'-lanterns with LED tea light openings, and wall hangings.
- **Articulated & Mechanical**: Print-in-place bats, articulated skeletons, or mechanical decorations.
- **Specialty Materials**: Glow-in-the-dark filament, translucent or color-changing materials, and multi-color HueForge art.
### Submission Requirements
* **Physical Model**: Bring your practical print to the **September 16th, 2026** meetup.
* **Range of Entries**: Anything functional qualifies—from simple everyday utility items to complex mechanical openers or tools.
* **The Story**: Be ready to demonstrate or explain what problem your print solves, how you use it, and your printing/design approach (materials, infill, orientation for strength, etc.).
* **Physical Model**: Bring your physical print to the **October 28th, 2026** meetup.
* **Open to All Makers**: You can enter an original CAD design or a community model you printed (from Printables, MakerWorld, Thangs, etc.).
* **The Story**: Be ready to share details about your print with the group (slicer settings, orientation, filament choices, and any post-processing).
### Judging & Prize
* **Voting**: The group will vote on their favorite entry based on practical usefulness, creativity, and execution.
* **Voting**: Community members present at the October meetup will cast their votes based on creativity, presentation, and Halloween spirit.
* **Prize**: The winner will receive a **free spool of filament**!
### Timeline
* **Challenge Announcement**: August 19th, 2026 (at August meetup)
* **Show & Tell / Voting**: September 16th, 2026 (during September meetup)
* **Winner Announcement**: September 16th, 2026 (end of September meetup)
* **Challenge Announcement**: September 16th, 2026
* **Show & Tell / Voting**: October 28th, 2026 (during the October meetup)
* **Winner Announcement**: October 28th, 2026 (end of the October meetup)
---
**This challenge is currently active for September 2026**
**This challenge is currently active for October 2026**

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## Current Files
- **[Active Challenge](current.md)**: September 2026 Practi"FALL" Prints (currently in execution, judging September 16th, 2026).
- **[Upcoming Challenge Preview](upcoming.md)**: October 2026 preview (to be announced at the conclusion of the September meetup).
- **[Active Challenge](current.md)**: October 2026 Halloween Prints (currently active, judging October 28th, 2026).
- **[Upcoming Challenge Preview](upcoming.md)**: November 2026 Multi-Material Printing preview (to be announced at the October meetup).
- **[Challenge Archive](../archive/readme.md)**: Browse all completed past challenges from 2025 and 2026.

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---
title: "Upcoming Challenge: October 2026"
title: "Upcoming Challenge: November 2026"
category: "challenges"
subcategory: "current"
order: 2
description: "October 2026 Halloween Prints challenge details, judging criteria, and submission rules."
description: "November 2026 Multi-Material Printing challenge details, requirements, and preview."
tags:
- challenge
- upcoming
- halloween
- multimaterial
---
[← Back to Challenges Hub](../readme.md) | [Current Challenge](current.md)
# Upcoming Challenge: October 2026
# Upcoming Challenge: November 2026
## Challenge: Halloween Prints
## Challenge: Multi-Material Printing
Embrace the spooky season with our **Halloween Prints** design and printing challenge! From costume props and accessories to animated skeletons and glowing jack-o'-lanterns, bring your best Halloween creation to the October meetup.
Explore the boundaries of multi-color and multi-material additive manufacturing! Whether you use an AMS, MMU, toolchanger, IDEX, manual filament swapping, or dual extrusion, show off what is possible when combining colors and materials in a single print.
> [!NOTE]
> **Date Note:** Judging and show & tell will take place on **Wednesday, October 28th, 2026** (1 week later than usual due to library room scheduling).
### The Focus: Multi-Color & Multi-Material Mastery
### The Focus: Spooky Creativity & Print Craftsmanship
We are looking for prints that celebrate Halloween! Submissions can be:
- **Costume Props & Wearables**: Helmets, masks, cosplay gear, badges, and wand replicas.
- **Spooky Decor**: Skulls, spiderwebs, ghosts, jack-o'-lanterns with LED tea light openings, and wall hangings.
- **Articulated & Mechanical**: Print-in-place bats, articulated skeletons, or mechanical decorations.
- **Specialty Materials**: Glow-in-the-dark filament, translucent or color-changing materials, and multi-color HueForge art.
The goal is to showcase prints that utilize more than one material or color:
- **Multi-Color Aesthetic Models**: HueForge paintings, color-separated figurines, badges, and decorative art.
- **Multi-Material Functional Prints**: Rigid bodies with TPU flexible gaskets/grips, dissolvable/PETG support interfaces for flawless overhangs, or contrasting text inserts.
- **Manual Layer Swaps**: Single-extruder layer-pause color swaps for signage and high-contrast designs.
### Submission Requirements
* **Physical Model**: Bring your physical print to the **October 28th, 2026** meetup.
* **Open to All Makers**: You can enter an original CAD design or a community model you printed (from Printables, MakerWorld, Thangs, etc.).
* **The Story**: Be ready to share details about your print with the group (slicer settings, orientation, filament choices, and any post-processing).
* **Physical Model**: Bring your multi-material/multi-color print to the **November 18th, 2026** meetup.
* **Open to All Setups**: Automated filament systems (Bambu AMS, Prusa MMU, Voron StealthBurner ERCF, Snapmaker), multi-toolheads, or manual pause-at-layer color changes all qualify!
* **The Story**: Share your workflow, slicer tips (purge tower optimization, flush volumes, interface materials), and how you dialed in your print.
### Judging & Prize
* **Voting**: Community members present at the October meetup will cast their votes based on creativity, presentation, and Halloween spirit.
* **Voting**: Community members present at the November meetup will vote on favorite prints based on execution, color design, and technical mastery.
* **Prize**: The winner will receive a **free spool of filament**!
### Timeline
* **Challenge Announcement**: September 16th, 2026
* **Show & Tell / Voting**: October 28th, 2026 (during the October meetup)
* **Winner Announcement**: October 28th, 2026 (end of the October meetup)
* **Challenge Announcement**: October 28th, 2026 (at the October meetup)
* **Show & Tell / Voting**: November 18th, 2026 (during the November meetup)
* **Winner Announcement**: November 18th, 2026 (end of the November meetup)
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**This challenge will become the active challenge for October 2026**
**This challenge will become the active challenge for November 2026**