I also recommend sketching your design on the pumpkin prior to carving. They make any carving easier, especially since the carving had a lot of little pieces. I HIGHLY recommend using an electric pumpkin carver versus the cheap ones in the normal kit.
(Right) The Harry Potter Pumpkin was a bit more time consuming, but completely worth it. Just try to match your angles and proportions as closely as possibly. (Left) The classic Jack-O-Lantern is very overused so I decided to turn the mouth and eyes into bats. The Jack-O-Lantern with a twist on the left and the Harry Potter Sorting Hat on the right. Add a candle to each pumpkin to enhance the effect at night. The eyes and nose are pretty basic, you can change them up however you want to add some expression. Measure the width of the smaller pumpkin to get the fit for the teeth on the larger. Measure the height of the smaller pumpkin and add a centimeter to get the height of the mouth on the larger pumpkin.
You get one medium sized carving pumpkin and a smaller pie pumpkin. You can't tell from this picture, but I actually cut the top opening into a leaf shape as well (instead of your standard circle). Then I drew my own intricate leaf designs onto the pumpkin for carving (I've heard this can be made easier by using cookie cutters and a mallet to press the design in). Pick a word of your choice and carve at the top. Rinse with water and turn upside down to drain. Cut off the top around the stem and take out ALL of the pumpkin seeds (scraping along the edges). Before starting, wash your pumpkin, lay down newspaper (for the carving process), and get out the items needed for carving. Here are just some of the ones I've done in the past few years. Pumpkin Carvings are one of the best ways to show off some creativity and to make the house look festive. Check out some pumpkin carving ideas and at the bottom there's a simple recipe for roasting the seeds that you take out for carving. Everyone gets to dress up (including my dog), eat candy, go to haunted houses, Halloween decorations and lights, and there's sooo much pumpkin! Pumpkin spice coffee creamer, pumpkin spice muffins, Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats, Pumpkin Waffles, Pumpkin Pie, etc. It's that time of year to bust out the Orange, the black, the scary, and of course.the pumpkins! Halloween is one of my favorite times of the year.
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