Pumpkin Carving Ideas

Pumpkins all over are ready to turn into Jack O’ Lanterns. Pick some up from a patch and start your annual pumpkin carving ritual but do it with the tricks we have up our sleeve. Here are some fresh ideas for pumpkin-carving that are sure to inspire some of the best looking pumpkins in your neighborhood:

1. Cookie cutters are a great way to ensure perfectly carved pumpkins. Choose durable stainless steel cookie cutters like ghosts, witches, owls, stars, circles and pretty fall leaves to plan your design. Position the cookie cutters on the pumpkins and gently press in as much as you can. Now tap them in with a rubber mallet till they come out from the other side. Some cookie cutters may lose their shape and will not be re-usable.

2. Vellum or any translucent paper can be used to give out colored light from your carved pumpkins. Once you have made the cutouts on your pumpkin, cut vellum slightly larger than your cutout and then place it on the inside of the pumpkin blocking the cutout securing with straight pins on the inside. As paper is flammable, you will not be able to use candles. Use Tap lights instead.

3. Turn pumpkins into a pretty lantern by cutting out a regular design all around it. Cut a large ‘S’ template that fits the length of the pumpkin. Trace it all around the pumpkin at even intervals and cut them out. When you will light tea lights or tap lights inside, the pumpkin will look like a lantern.

4. Use a potato peeler to make features and indentations that do not require cutting out the complete piece but require just the peeling of the upper skin.

5. Give your pumpkin characters funky hair by poking holes in the top of their heads and sticking out Christmas lights from them.

By Lata Tokhi

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