Pumpkin Carving Patterns. Contributed by Leanne Guenther. Looking for some pumpkin carving help this Halloween Need a free pattern, stencil, template, cutout, or decorating idea for your Jack OLantern carving contestDress up your pumpkins without the mess of carving with our ideas for painted, glued and draped decorations. Well, I love letting the girls design their perfect triangular eyed and. Halloween masterpieces. While you can. Pumpkin carving sets are quite easy to find at the right. Walmart type store, home and garden store or even on line. These are not intended as cut and paste paper crafts check out our Jack o Lantern Faces instead. Materials pumpkin,printer,paper,spoon or pumpkin scoop,small nail or pumpkin poker,serrated knife or pumpkin saw the more complicated the pattern, the more youre going to want a pumpkin saw. Instructions Prepare your pumpkin by Cut a hole in the top for the lid. Make sure you angle the saw inwards so your lid sits on top of the pumpkin and doesnt just fall through. Scoop out the seeds and strings with a spoon. Scrape some of the flesh from the inside so your pumpkin is about an inch thick all the way around or at least wherever. You can poke a straight pin through it to estimate the thickness. Print out the pattern. There are two types of patterns. Some require you to cut the. Other patterns, like Blues. Clues, use the leftover pumpkin to represent the pattern and you cut. Generally speaking, the patterns like Blues Clues are easier to. Trim off excess paper. Tape or use pins to affix the pattern to the pumpkin. If your pumpkin is quite lumpy, dip the paper in water or vegetable oil the oil will make printer ink run less, but makes the. Darren likes oil, I like water I wonder what that says about our marriageSmooth the pattern onto the pumpkin, affix with pins or masking tape and let the paper dry. You can also make small cuts in the paper where it bunches so it lies flat on the pumpkin. Add pins or tape to hold. Poke holes through the pattern with a nail, push pin or pumpkin poker. Make the holes. This step can take. Just place the pumpkin in your lap and work away at it. Remove the paper from the pumpkin. Optional Rub flour or chalk dust all over the part where you poked the holes so you can see them better. Push a nail through the pumpkin skin where you want to start carving. Turn and push until its all the way into the pumpkin, then remove. Repeat anywhere youre going to need to start carving eyes, nose, etc. You want to do all the pushing before you start carving because it take some pressure once you start carving, the. Using your nail hole as a starting point, cut the design with your serrated knife or saw. Use a sawing motion to cut out your design, using very light pressure take your time and allow the sawing to do the. When making curves, just slightly turn the saw. When making sharp corners, remove the saw and re insert it at an angle. To remove pieces, push them out from the inside. For larger pieces, you may want to cut them into smaller bits and. Once your pumpkin is all set, use a pumpkin light safer than a candle or a candle in a candleholder designed for pumpkins to. Light the candle and place it on a piece of aluminum foil inside the pumpkin. Put the lid on. Let it sit a minute. Remove the lid and there should be a smoke mark on it. Cut a vent in the lid where the smoke mark shows. Click here for instructions with photos Click here for instructions with photos Printable version of these instructions. Free Halloween Printables, Halloween games, Halloween bingo, Halloween worksheets, flashcards, activities and more and more. 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