While you’ve likely refined the toothy grin and triangular eyes, there are lots of methods to give your pumpkin more character that go beyond these popular shapes. This Halloween, try including a bow tie, mustache, eye patch, or glasses to your pumpkin by downloading our design templates for mix-and-match functions.
What You’ll Need
Products
Pumpkin templates
Keyhole saw
Scraper
Miniature saw
Awl, needle tool, or T-pin
Petroleum jelly
Instructions
Hollow out your pumpkin:
Utilizing a keyhole saw, cut a hole in the side or bottom of your pumpkin. Eliminate the flesh, pulp, and seeds with a plastic scraper or fleshing tool.
Choose a design:
Print desired templates on 8 1/2- by-11-inch paper and eliminate around designs. Tape each shape on pumpkin in desired place.
Transfer the design template:
Take an awl, needle tool, or T-pin and utilize it to trace the style of your design template onto your pumpkin by poking holes along it.
Start carving:
Remove template, and carve along the pattern. Utilize a mini saw to carve details into the surface of the pumpkin. Apply petroleum jelly to exposed areas of pumpkin’s flesh to prevent them from turning brown.
