Making 200 Carvable Pumpkins from Spray Foam 

Not breaking my heart at all! I was hoping for comments like this, as I plan on making lots more of these for next year! Thanks for watching and for the info! 🙏

Foam gun will be a game changer for sure. Uses the full can and they're bigger cans.

Why not additional molds

Thanks for that!

Video tutorial please. Thank you.

Almost quit a couple times. But good thing I don’t believe in the sunk cost fallacy 😂

Agree! And they look even gnarlier this year!

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OMG I’m going to all of them this week to ask for this. THANK YOU!!!

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I got similar freebies from a place that sells trailers of different kinds. The styrafoam is used to level the trailer hitch. A turkey carver can work - makes an ungodly mess ! That and a hot knife work well together !

A hot wire is the best method of carving foam. Sure - they make a small battery operated hand-held unit, but I have have people make props for me for big shows. Usually make a frame from PVC (like a bow or rather, a half moon) and use eyehooks on each end attach the wire. No need to worry about the tension as the PVC pipe usually has tension on it when you attach the wire. I always got wire from a foam manufacturer - they discard wire quite often. Run the wire up through framing tubes to each end and then connect the other end to a rheostat. Don't need a lot of juice - just enough to make it nice and hot (a soft red color from the heat). IT melts through the foam with ease and makes straight, concise cuts. This is basically how the manufacturers cut big cubes of foam into sheets 1/4" thick and up to 48". Actually, it's not done by hand, but rather goes through a grid of hot wires and they can cut, for instance, 24 - 2" sheets with ease (the system pushes it through the wires. Anyways, I would opt for some big pieces of uncut foam (48x48x96) and cut whatever we needed out of it, such as big rocks and boulders. And they are almost as light as a feather to move. Would also request sheets that are 4" or 6" thick. to make walls, windows, etc. Anyways, great vid. And I came to the comments to see how other people do these things and find other easier ways and shortcuts, tips and gotchas. What a great community.

Yeah, it really hit the aesthetic we were shooting for! 🙌🙏

Yeah, there are a lot of people on here with really good ideas for better molds, and I was going to post a few pointers as well, but the more I watched the video, the more I realized your way is better. As he said, all those inconsistencies make these look way cooler!! They look like proper super scary and creepy pumpkins!! Nice job!!

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Thanks for watching! It was maddening at times but we made it happen!

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Definitely going to use the rice trick in the future 🙌

Appreciate you watching! It was frustrating but worth it to me in the end!

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You can call me Al 🫡

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Comments have been mostly awesome! A few negative people, but it’s the internet

I did some research but then it going boring and I have no patience

I think so too! Thanks! 🙏

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Thanks Brian! It was a pretty big relief for sure! And I definitely hoped to get more out of the mold, but next year I will make a better (and cheaper) version!

It’s honestly been great. Some rude comments, but whatever. Tons of helpful stuff on how to do this better.

Well my dad never did anything like this when I was a kid 🤷‍♂️

I got a lot out of that mold.

@@dadcrafted If you got 1 out of this, you would still be impressive. My Dad never helped me with stuff, but I was the artistic one. He built race cars in our garage,, LOL.

Kinda brutal. But they did turn out pretty good!

Thanks for the tip! 🙏🙌

I had not thought of that at all but that’s brilliant.

​@dadcrafted angle grinder, too. But, will throw crap everywhere!

Thanks! It was all worth it in the end! 🙌

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Turned out great in the end!

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Thank you! And yes, there have been a bunch of helpful comments! 🙌🙏

Thank you! I definitely could have researched better, but this was definitely still worth it to me! 🙏

Thanks! I need to try new methods next time for sure! 🙌

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

I definitely coulda done better at researching this.

Definitely should have used a release from the start.

I took this year off, but I’m going to revisit this next year for sure.

You may have to explain that to me as if I’m a ten year old

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Comments have definitely been helpful on this one

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@@dadcrafted yvw 😃

Make sure to read the comments for the correct ways to do the mold!

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The foam will come away from the epoxy easily?

@@dadcrafted that’s what the petroleum jelly or wax mold release is there for. Use a decent amount. Of course, you’re losing surface details, but a pumpkin doesn’t have much of that apart from bumps and pits and those you get from the mold release too ;-)

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Thank you! And yes, a dollar tree mixing bowl woulda been a way better method for sure!

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What store? I couldn’t find anyone that would sell in bulk reasonably

@dadcrafted it's a farm . But contact a local farm to you that grows pumpkins and other produce and tell them you want to buy a bulk box order . Usually, 50 come in a box . Like the large cardboard you see at the grocery stores. If you tell me state your in I can look in the start farm register and try to hunt down a farm for you. Also a good youtube channel to follow and glance in that uses alot of spray foam is ** Isaac Alexander DIY** And **stillbeaststudios** the second one is a Hollywood film maker we know who teaches masks and spray foam masks and silicone. There's a few others as well but I tend to use them for inspiration for most of our set ups.

​@jcmjcm1945 I would also recommend Stiltbeast. Guy does AMAZING things with Loctite !

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This is exactly the comment I was hoping for! I’m definitely going to do this again for more pumpkins for the haunted house next year, so pumpkin mold 2.0 will come and this feedback will definitely help! Thanks a bunch! 🙏

@@dadcrafted Check out Smooth On's tutorial for brush-on silicone molds with Rebound 25. It may take a bit longer because you put it on in layers, but you would have likely only used one kit and the mold would have been stronger.

@@NightmareFoundry definitely going to check that out! Thanks!

Haha maybe. Thanks for watching!

Next time I’m trying this

I have watched his after I did mine. I actually met him in St Louis too. Good dude!

Thanks so much Steve! Glad you enjoyed! 🙏

I screenshotted this. Thanks a bunch! 🙌🙏

I believe that’s how my brother made his giant pumpkin head. I just thought it would be expensive to buy a bunch of beach balls. But maybe cheaper than how I went about this?? 🤣

So trying this - in Australia we don't get the foam pumpkins at all and to buy the real ones is ludicrously expensive - you guys have pumpkin patches we have a pumpkin bin at woollies -$30-40 each

@@helenmoon625 omg...expensive! I've been making my own for a few years now. I get 1 or 2 real ones to carve but, I love making them. You can also use balloons instead of beach balls.

Where is the video?

@@dadcrafted You did an alright job using the "learn as you go" method 👍

I just started using one and it’s awesome!

I’m jotting that down

Great idea! Yes, someone shared stilt beast studio’s vid where he uses the biggest bowl from Dollar Tree. I shoulda thought of that!

@@dadcrafted Thx. I and a Grandad crafter. So many failures. At least now we have internet to help us figure things out. Keep up the good work. And sometimes failure leads to success.

In the words of Yoda, "The greatest teacher, Failure is."

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Thanks for the info! Appreciate it!

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I think plaster and then layer it with silicone. Gonna try new methods next year.

Frustrating moment for sure 😂

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You should! But read the comments first on how to do the mold better!

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Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏🙌