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Sketch To Pumpkin Carving

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Carve a symmetrical and detailed pumpkin the easy way.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Start off with a nice shaped pumpkin and pick the best side for placing your design on.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Take a sheet of paper, fold it around your pumpkin and mark out the outlines of the pumpkin on to the paper.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Fold the piece of paper in half at the middle. Sketch out half of the design on one half of the paper.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Fold the paper back in half and use a pin to prick through the paper around the design.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    Fold it back half, your design should now be on both halves of the paper and meet in the middle perfectly.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    It helps to lightly sketch over the rest of the design pin pricks, so that there's no confusion over which line goes where.

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Now it's time to carve your pumpkin. It's best to cut off the lid in a zig-zag carving, so that the lid will fit in place nicely. (Remember to keep the filling to making Pumpkin Pie and Toasted Pumpkin Seeds.)

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Tape the design to the front of the pumpkin so that it is secured in place.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    One again, pierce around the design and in to the pumpkin.

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    After piercing around the entire design, remove the paper to reveal a neat outline for carving on the pumpkin.

  11. Step 11

    Step 11

    Carve out the design, place a candle in the center of the pumpkin and enjoy the warm, eery glow!

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Shivi

Shivi

06 Nov 07:36

Coolies! Pity they don't have orange pumpkins in Australia, ours are green on the outside!

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

06 Nov 21:36

Wow, so all of your pumpkins are green? I wonder why. Most of the pumpkins in the supermarket were green, or turning green, so I had to rake around for a nice orange one.

Shivi

Shivi

08 Nov 09:29

Yep all green, I've never actually seen a real orange one(only in pictures)

vissie v.

vissie v.

26 Jun 11:25

OURS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE WHITE! HEHE!

eccemullier

eccemullier

24 Aug 17:05

Cool! I love this one, I was looking for something like this since last year =D, pitty I found this page a few weeks ago=S. Nice day=D

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Cat Morley »
November 01, 2007 02:51
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