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PUMPKIN
CARVING
You can carve some truly beautiful and artistic pumpkins
freehand, but if you want to create really detailed carvings
you'll want to use a pumpkin carving pattern. If you've
never carved a pumpkin this way before you may be a bit
intimidated, but don't worry, its easier than you think and
you'll love the results.
Click here for info on pumpkin carving patterns.
Have a pumpkin carving contest
for your kids and their friends. Buy a few smaller pumpkins and give prizes for the most
creative. You can also use paints as an alternative. Click here for info
on throwing a
pumpkin carving party!
When choosing a pumpkin to carve
for Halloween, make sure that you find one that fits the carving idea you have. If using a template, make sure that it will fit.
Click here for lots of pumpkin
carving information.
You can use tool from around the
house, like an ice cream spade, to clean out the inside of your pumpkin. Visit
Pumpkin Carving 101 for lots of pumpkin
carving information.
Keep all your pumpkin carving
tools in a tool box so you'll know where they are every year. Keep them clean and
sharpened and you'll be all set for carving! Visit
Pumpkin Carving 101 for lots of pumpkin
carving information.
You can make your own pumpkin
carving stencils from clip art and your printer. Find something simple that you like, make
a negative of it and print it out!
Click here for more info!
Instead of buying your pumpkins
in a grocery store, check your phone book and newspaper for local pumpkin farms.
Make a week-end trip with your kids and let them pick out their own pumpkins! Also,
pumpkins are usually less expensive at farms and stands.
If you live in a more rural area
or have the yard space, grow your own pumpkins for carving! After you have picked them,
leave the vines as part of the yard haunt!
Learn more here!
Add some color to your
jack-o-lantern display by using some of the many varieties of pumpkins that are out there.
Try out the Cinderella, Snowball, or Atlantic Giant. For more info,
check here!
Do you throw away your
jack-o-lanterns when they start to rot? Start a tradition of burying them instead! Make a ceremony, get the whole family together and
honor the pumpkins that gave their lives for your Halloween!
More info here!
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