Carving pumpkins: I’m in need of some creative ideas to really “wow” the trick-or-treaters?
I’ve done several things over the years…
generally I try to carve a scary face similar to a vampire or dr. frankenstein’s monster; then I scour the garage in search of old and rusty nails, screws, saw blades, etc… I insert the found objects into the pumpkin and use fake blood to make it look like the creature is bleeding
I’ve dabbled in some other techniques as well:
such as leaving a bit of guts hanging inside over the eyes to cast creeping shadows.
and different ways of shaving the inside skin very thin (or just shaving the outside skin off) so that the pumpkin glows.
last year I even carved a detailed Cheshire cat (Disney’s Alice In Wonderland) that I hand drew on the pumpkin before carving it.
basically I was wondering if there was a good site online for pumpkin carving ideas (OR if any of you have any ideas/techniques you’d like to share)…I’m getting kinda bored with the same old stuff and I really want to “wow” the trick or treaters this year
Thanks everyone!
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September 24th, 2008 at 1:33 pm
I made a pumpkin where the pumpkin was carved on both sides. the face of the pumpkin was a witch. but the back of the pumpkin was carved in a way where the candlelight would show a shilohuette of a black cat against the wall behind the pumpkin. It was awsome.. and then the wall was decorated with tombstones and cobwebs for added scenery.
September 26th, 2008 at 4:54 am
i was using a program called pumpkinshop last year-it lets you make stencils from photos. I ended up making some stencils of my family & from Nightmare Before Christmas.