![]() You use the mallet and stencils to cut your design into the pumpkin. These stainless steel jack-o-lantern face stencils eliminate the need for knives. It even has a zipper case so they aren’t floating around the silverware drawer until next year… This pumpkin carving kit has over 500 five star reviews on ‘ Amazon‘. If you want to get yourself a jack-o-lantern face template or pumpkin carving kit, check out these… Also note how the outer edge of the eyes match up with the outer edge of the mouth. ![]() Tall mouth, short work of a really cool pumpkin. It’s all in the presentation! Yep, just like food. This is time consuming, but not hard! This would be a great one to have candles lit around the jack-o-lantern as well as inside, to illuminate and bring focus to the texture of the scales. Need a twist to make your scary jack-o-lantern face just little reptilian or dragon like? Carve scales into the pumpkin shell. (An easier one!) Instead of carving out the teeth, they carved out a mouth, then made teeth from the scraps and attached them with toothpicks. This is another case where size matters… In this case, the larger pumpkin gives this scary face some real presence… Oh, the creepy zombie arms don’t hurt either!įor this pumpkin carving, we think they may have taken a different route with the teeth. Spooky, but not too terrifying and it really doesn’t get easier than this! These are the kinds of scary pumpkins that are great for kids. This one may be the most easy scary jack-o-lantern face we have here! Just go for it! A little Jack Skellington, right? Notice the detail with the shapes of the eyes. This one makes the mouth easier by making them simple straight cuts. Scary jack-o-lantern faces don’t have to be hard. Krueger fan? This one just takes just one little prop to give it that Freddy feel… Kind of gives it that “rabid werewolf baring teeth” feeling, doesn’t it? But this one goes a step farther, and after carving out the teeth, they peel off the skin of the pumpkin, on the teeth only. Here is another one that the teeth make the design. It’s the shape and size of this pumpkin that makes the scary jack-o-lantern face a little different from the others. But it will definitely take a lot of patience! Photo by ‘ Home for the Harvest‘. Easy still, because they are all straight cuts. This one is all in the teeth, fellow Halloweeinies. If you want to find out the origin of the jack-o-lantern and a little Halloween history, jump on over to ‘ Parade‘. This is one where some more professional carving tools might be helpful. Making the lines look more like flames adds a super spooky dimension. This one takes on a whole new look with small variations in the carving method. Crazy how the fall leaves make it seem a little spookier, right? These classic scary Halloween pumpkins are super easy. Again, LED candles and lights are the solution here. Scary Jack-O-Lantern Faces Green Pumpkin FaceĬheck out this scary jack-o-lantern face! It’s a super simple design to copy, but it’s all in the details, right? Using a green light source inside the pumpkin took this to another level! You could also use red for a really scary look. If you live in a warm climate, clear a space in the frig for the jack-o-lantern at night. You can also spray the pumpkin daily with water mixed with a few drops of bleach to ward off rotting. Make your pumpkin last by rubbing the cut edges with petroleum jelly.Pro tip… use a craft or X-acto knife to clean up any details.Learn how to roast pumpkin seeds from ‘ Jessica Gavin‘. Your pumpkin will last longer, and your candles will burn better. You want the inside of the pumpkin to be clean and dry. Scoop out all the seeds, and scrape out all the goop.Angle the knife 45 degrees inward as you cut, so that when you replace the lid, it will not fall into the pumpkin. It’s easy to get off track and to cut your lid way larger than you intended, taking up space for your design. You can remove most marker with rubbing alcohol if you make a mistake. Using the great ideas below, or a pumpkin carving template, draw your design on your pumpkin.We love LED candles or firefly lights these days, but a lot of people still like the nostalgia of using a standard votive candle. You need a serrated knife or pumpkin carving kit, a sturdy large spoon or scooper, a marker and a candle. Use newspaper, paper bags, something you can spread over the area and throw away later. If you haven’t done this before, this is messy. Check out these carving tips to help you take all these ideas and turn them into front porch fright mongers… Need to know how to make a jack-o-lantern? Here’s a great place to start.
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