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Carve pumpkins using cookie cutters and a big old mallet! Genius
Coolest Halloween decor idea ever...ghost dresses! (i believe i agree)
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1. Cut a hole in the pumpkin's base, and hollow the pumpkin out. If you're using a candle, cut a lid out of the top using a keyhole saw; for low-wattage lightbulbs, cutting a hole in the top is optional, but you must also cut a hole in the back of the pumpkin for the cord. Apply petroleum jelly to any exposed flesh to keep it from drying out. 2. If you're carving a monogram, find an example of typeface to use and enlarge it on a photocopier to the desired size. Tape the monogram to the pumpkin with masking tape. Using a needle tool or pushpins, poke holes through the monogram and into the pumpkin around the outline of the letters at close intervals. Remove photocopy, and connect the "dots" by pen. Pare the flesh down with a gouge in open spaces and a linoleum cutter in tight spaces, leaving about half the thickness of the translucent flesh intact to allow sufficient light to show through. (You don't need a template to create spirals or a harlequin pattern, spirals can be carved freehand, and the harlequin diamonds can be drawn, prior to carving, using a felt-tipped pen.) 3. Wrap Christmas lights around a glass for a radiant light source. To even out the light, affix a piece of wax paper with tacks to the inside of the monogram.
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In case its startling greeting didn't scare you, this pumpkin also projects a leering visage onto the wall behind it. Cut a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin and scoop out the insides, hollowing until the flesh is 1/2 inch thick. Photocopy face and BOO! templates to desired size; cut out. Tape templates to opposite sides of a large pumpkin, and trace shapes by poking holes with an awl; remove templates. Use a narrow linoleum cutter to carve greeting, scraping off pumpkin skin. Cut out facial features with a miniature saw. After carving the front and back of the pumpkin, position it near a wall; you may need to experiment with the placement to get the right ghostly effect.
Supplies faux crafter’s pumpkins craft paint (I used hot pink, bronze, gold, and silver) 1″ foam brush small flameless candles x-acto knife or heated cutting tool Instructions Cut a hole in the bottom of the pumpkin large enough to fit your hand inside. Carve circles (or desired shapes) into the pumpkin. Paint the inside. I used two coats of hot pink paint, which gives the pumpkin a pretty pink glow when lit. Paint the outside. Each pumpkin took three coats of metallic paint. Place the pumpkin over a flameless candle to illuminate it.
puffy paint for designs then spray paint (indoor/outdoor semi-gloss) whole pumpkin
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halloween wine bottles - black sharpie & white paint pen
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tulle wreath using embroidery hoop - great for any holiday!
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Mummy Lights -would be cute beside the jack-o-lanterns on the step!
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For the mantle we purchased a few oversized jars, filled them with cabbages and twigs submerged in water, and backlit them with two florescent blacklight bars. Your average highlighter glows under blacklight, so to achieve the glowing jar effect we cut open a few highlighters and drained them into the water we used to fill the jars.
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Jen TheNextMartha wow.