13 Halloween Pumpkin Ideas For Halloween Party (2)
8. Floating pumpkins
Foam pumpkins are thin enough to carve with a craft knife and light enough to hang with thin wire. (Thomas J. Story )
9. Glowing vines
Meandering patterns add a whimsical storybook appeal to your arrangement.
§ Cut out top of pumpkin and scrape the interior clean (see instructions).
§ Using a real vine or a vine pattern, transfer design onto pumpkin. (To create your own pattern, use varying sizes of your favorite leaf shape, then draw a
vine between the leaves.)
§ Carve leaf shapes by cutting completely through the pumpkin or by scraping a shallow relief. You can combine the two methods, as shown here on the smallest pumpkin.
§ With a scraping tool, carve vine stem about ¼ inch deep, being careful not to break all the way through the pumpkin flesh.( Thomas J. Story )
10. Harlequin leaves
Repeat a single leaf shape for a quilted look on hollow pumpkins (see instructions).
§ Front left : With a small paring knife, cut long, thin grooves at a 45° angle into pumpkin, being careful not to break all the way through the flesh. Repeat in vertical rows as shown.
§ Center : Intersperse vertical rows of two leaves with rows of a single leaf, reversing the direction of leaf stem in each row. Along top and bottom of single-leaf rows, cut out triangular notches and depress slightly.
§ Back right: Cut out leaf shape in two parts, leaving center vein in place, or use a scraping tool (see instructions) to peel away rind inside the design, leaving center vein exposed (we used both techniques on our pumpkin). ( Thomas J. Story )
11. Silhouettes
Create a centerpiece-worthy embossed effect with no candle or seed scooping required.
§ Using a large leaf (or a leaf pattern enlarged to fit your pumpkin), transfer design onto the center of an intact pumpkin.
§ With a pencil, draw a complementary shape to frame the leaf design, preferably leaving at least ½ inch of space on all sides of leaf edges.
§ Use a scraping tool to peel away flesh between leaf shape and its frame. With the same tool, carve leaf veins in a freehand pattern.
§ Arrange multiple silhouetted pumpkins along the center of an outdoor table. Add stones or leaves to complete the setting. ( Thomas J. Story )
12. Sneaky jack-o’-lantern
Show off a traditional Halloween message in a highly unusual way. Jackie Ortega, owner of San Francisco’s Craft Gym, says this project is easy to pull off once you know the secret. (Thomas J. Story )
13. Halloween in a pot
To decorate your patio or porch this month, try plants instead of plastic pumpkins or gossamer ghosts. Combine black foliage with orange blooms in pots of similar hues like ebony and persimmon. (Norm Plate)
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