Pumpkin carving!

Hey guys!

So today I carved pumpkins with my boyfriends family and it was super fun, frustrating and tiring all at the same time. So I thought I would tell you guys how to carve pumpkins and maybe give a few tips to make it easier for you.

The first thing you need to do is get the supplies. You can get these usually at like a walmart or a target. You will need plastic to lay on your floor or table, newspaper would work just as well. Then you need the carving kits usually they have these that come with a book of designs to put on the pumpkin. The carving knives, pokers, and scoop to scoop out the pumpkins insides.

The next thing you will need to do is pick a pumpkin. You can get these from almost any grocery store or you can go to a pumpkin farm. You want to pick a pumpkin that will best fit your design, if you already have it picked out. If its a big design or like words you might want a taller pumpkin with a flater side or if its small you could do a smaller, rounder one.

After you have the perfect pumpkins picked out the next thing to do is to take a big strong knife and cut a lid around the handle. You want it big enough to dig out the insides but not to big. Then you half to do the worst part in my opinion, scrape and dig out the insides. Once you have it empty enough to your liking you tape on your paper with the design. Because a pumpkin is never going to fit perfectly to your paper you just have to kind of mold the paper on there as best you can. It is okay if its not perfect.

Then you use the poker and poke little dots all around your design. Once you have all the design traced you then cut along the dots and pop out the pieces. You might have to do little touch ups at the end. Once it is to your liking you can take one or two candles, according to how bright you want it and put them in your pumpkin. Then when you have it in the right spot outside, you can stand back and watch your beautiful creation glow.

Hope you enjoy carving pumpkins as much as I did.(408)

Ardeeemilla :)