Who's got there pumpkins yet?

I B Howlin' Wolfman · Post by **I B Howlin' Wolfman** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 6:56 pm

One Eye'd Jack · Post by **One Eye'd Jack** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 7:58 pm

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
That is TOO TOOOO GREAT!!!!
I'm gunna show that to everyone I know! And I'll probably even TRY a thing or two!
GREAT GREAT find, Wolfmaaaaaaan!!!!

I B Howlin' Wolfman · Post by **I B Howlin' Wolfman** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:03 pm

Currently, I have two way cool patterns I want to try. I think that a third would be a good idea.

If I can do the skin peel instead of carving holes, I can put at least three different images on the pumpkin. Since it'll be on the corner of the bar, people can see the pumpkin from all sides. So it makes sense to have an image on three sides.

I plan to put a light bulb inside it. Not a candle. Maybe with a flicker cord rigged up too. So I don't have to worry about the candle buning up the oxygen and snuffing itself out.

BTW: The toilet paper roll soaked in kerosine looks like a lot of fun. But I doubt I'll be able to pull it off indoors. The apartment complex office might not appreciate that. (Just a hunch.)

MHooch · Post by **MHooch** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:32 pm

I did some of that last year, Howlin' (alas before I got a GOOD digital camera, so no pics). It is really a lot easier than it looks. I just drew a design, then carved out a little edge around, then scraped the flesh off down to the rind inside the edge. It looked quite pretty lit up. I used a paring knofe and a little scrapy tool that came in a Pumpkin Masters kit. Pretty simple design, though.

MHooch · Post by **MHooch** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:34 pm

P.S. I got 8 pumpkins yesterday at the patch.

I B Howlin' Wolfman · Post by **I B Howlin' Wolfman** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:55 pm

Does it matter how thin or thick the rind is? I was under the impression that it might have to be pretty thin for the light to shine through the rind.

MHooch · Post by **MHooch** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 2:14 pm

Well, you can make the rind as thin as you want to. Just keep scraping!!

I B Howlin' Wolfman · Post by **I B Howlin' Wolfman** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 3:31 pm

I might buy another one, down at the produce stand just a few blocks down the road. I found a number of cool patterns on the net. And I like them all so much that I want to use them this year.

angel222 · Post by **angel222** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 3:25 am

I B Howlin' Wolfman wrote:Must See Pumpkin Video!

Wow great video your funny. Thanks.

jadewik · Post by **jadewik** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:32 am

I only wanted one, but I ended up buying two pumpkins this weekend. They were just perfect for carving-- I couldn't pass them up.

My husband also got two pumpkins. An orange one and a white one.

Yay!

I won't be carving them 'till the 28th-ish. We'll see.

I B Howlin' Wolfman · Post by **I B Howlin' Wolfman** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:40 am

I like the part where the guy uses a punch-out die, and carves a face with one heavy WHACK! It's quick, develops motor skills, and it lessens pumpkin tramma.

Now, if he can create interchangable eyes, noses & mouths...

Laurie Strode · Post by **Laurie Strode** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:04 pm

Just got back from library story hour and a church pumpkin patch with the kids..cool to have one without the soggy stem issue now. The kids were like surgeons picking theirs out, and when we got back in the truck one of my sons said of his, 'Hunh...just as I suspect. There's a ANT on this stem.' Poor little ant never had a chance.

Anyway, they're in there decorating pumpkin faces now, although I believe they're having more fun sniffing the scented markers-