I haven't carved a pumpkin in years & I decided to do the carving for a work place contest. lol Your video has definitely helped me figure out how to get the effects I'm looking for! Thank you!
I really enjoyed your carvings. This is the first tutorial I've seen on removing the outer layer. TFS PS Thinning the inside where the design goes is life changing.
Your suppose to cut a vent at the top within the lid so the candle doesnt burn out or soot up the top. Helpful hint. Just a small V hole would suffice. Where you cut the v notch to align the lid is what I use for my vent. To keep the notch there still i just cut the V in half so the notch is still there to align the lid.
thankyou for being real with us and letting us know that the boo design doesn’t have enough holes for oxygen on its own to sustain a candle flame!!!!!!
So cool, I just seen this and I am so going too the store to get a pumpkin carving knife kit, when you taped the picture on the pumpkin that was it for me because I am not very good at drawing, thank you!
Tip: Dont carve out the top to put yourr candle in, do the bottom because when you keep the stem intact it prevents the pumpkin from going mushy so fast
lol same as I’ve been doing it for years, bar the saw. I found a flexible thin kitchen knife was great; I’d like a new one though. Baking parchment paper is great for using as tracing paper - you can rub pencil on the rear and draw over it, whilst on the pumpkin; not being afraid to puncture it in key places like dots. The 3D effect is key in making it stand out. You do your best on the face, then can scoop out the inner side with a small tea spoon to get it perfect.
I was just searching for pumpkin carving videos for inspiration and there was yours! What a lovely surprise. I haven't done one with peeling some sections before and am looking forward to trying it. Thank you!
I am from mexico this year is my first approach to pumpkin carving, this is for my daughter´s school, It was really helpful I didn´t know you could use some bleach to make the pumpkin stay more longer , great video
great tips. growing up, we put candles inside, and set the jack-o-lanterns on the porch steps at night on halloween. we didn’t put a candle in the jack-o-lanterns for the purpose of a quick picture lol. it’s gotta be okay guys...we did this for years, we only lit them for one night.
I’m doing a project about being an entrepreneur in grade 5. We’re going to sell what we make to our school! I really appreciate you uploading this to help beginners!
if you cut the opening in the bottom instead of the top, they're easier to light (you just set the pumpkin on top of the candle instead of having to either find a lighter/match long enough to reach or burning your hand trying to put the candle in) and they last a little bit longer before caving in (there's a whole long math reason but i'm bad at math [much less explaining it] and it boils down to: taking the top off of an arch makes it unstable). you can also try sprinkling a little bit of pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon at the top of the pumpkin (whether you cut from the top or bottom) so that when you light it, it smells like pie! also if you live in an area with wildlife that might munch on your pumpkin, wash it with vinegar instead of bleach, so the wildlife isn't hurt! (i know it's frustrating when they eat it and you want to dissuade them from eating it, they're not very likely to eat something that smells like bleach or vinegar. but just in case they do, they're just animals following instinct and don't deserve to be hurt for that)
I always put the candle inside to figure out what looks right. Then - where it scorches the top - I make a hole there as a smokestack. This way you will get the air you need and avoid burning.
I carved a pumpkin this year. I haven't carved a pumpkin in over 10 years. I actually did a Mario boo, but all I did was the Boo's face so it wasn't as difficult as the design in this video :P
Last night I began a complicated design. I didn’t hollow the pumpkin out first. I used a Pilot G-2 Red Pen 🖊️ to perfect the image alignment & proportions to the natural features of the pumpkin first. The gently pressed Red Pen is nice because a damp paper towel erases any mistakes. I drew the image from the Top down left over to the right exterior in final with my right hand. After that, being aware of my hand palm with finger positioning, I took a HUSKY box cutter to trace etch the image into the pumpkin’s surface above 1/8th - 1/4” subsurface depth. Using my right hand I worked the image with the box cutter from the top down the right side to the bottom working through to finish my final etching towards the bottom left (box cutter reverse from pen imprint due to ink & smear); also I purposefully rotated the uncored pumpkin upwards towards the ceiling because the pumpkins face will bleed & the positive to this is that any color marks left behind by the Red Pen are easily wiped away invisible 🫥. The face is etched with perfect symmetry onto the contours of the pumpkins perfectly. All that’s left to do is core out, finish the carving through & bake the pumpkin seeds 👍🏻. I’ve carved a lot of pumpkins in my life & this was my first time using the Red Pen & Husky box cutter. I’m beyond impressed with how exact I’ve been able to position this complex image design so perfectly. Thanks for the tip on extracting the small cuts first, this will save me tension 👍🏻
