Sketch To Pumpkin Carving

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  Step 1

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

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  Step 2

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

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  Step 3

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

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  Step 4

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

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  Step 5

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

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  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.

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  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.)

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  Step 8

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

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  Step 9

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

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  Step 10

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

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  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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Cat Morley

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CO + K User

September 26th, 2010

Stinky US only has orange pumpkins, I feel like a loser

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CO + K User

September 26th, 2010

Stinky US only has orange pumpkins, I feel like a loser

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eccemullier · Mexico City, Federal District, MX · 95 projects 24th August 2009

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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vissie v. · Pretoria, Gauteng, ZA · 4 projects 26th June 2008

OURS IN SOUTH AFRICA ARE WHITE! HEHE!

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Shivi · Perth, Western Australia, AU · 14 projects 8th November 2007

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

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Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 6th November 2007

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.

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Shivi · Perth, Western Australia, AU · 14 projects 6th November 2007

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

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