• Do not eat a pumpkin that has been carved into a jack-o'-lantern.
• Choose a large pumpkin. Larger pumpkin, the easier it will be for carving. Avoid pumpkins with bruises or moldy stems as they spoil much faster. To be to carve pumpkins rather soft and light with a lighter color.
• When cutting the top, place the knife at an angle of 45 degrees, so that the lid a place to rest when you have it new. If you cut, the cap will fall.
• When cleaning the pumpkin, save the seeds. Toasted pumpkin seeds are a healthy and tasty snack. Use a large, heavy metal spoon or ice cream scoop to scrape the inside. If you can turn the pumpkin, the back wall must be as smooth as possible be scraped off, because that's where the light is reflected. A thickness of one inch from the wall is optimally pumpkin.
• For the life, enjoy the pumpkin cleaned a few hours in a solution of 1 teaspoon chlorine bleach in 1 gallon of water. Dry thoroughly, then rub inside and out, including all cut with vegetable oil or Vaseline to prevent withering edges. When the pumpkin begins to shrink, repeat the process. Soaking time depends on how it the dried gourd.
• Beginners should choose a simple pattern, bold. Once you master the simple models, you can update a little more demanding.
• Print or draw the pattern on a piece of paper. Use small sharp scissors or a razor blade to cut the areas that will carve the pumpkin. Tape the template to the pumpkin with a marker to draw the lines of the sculpture. Cut slits in the paper may, in accordance with the rounded surface.
• Alternatively, you can paste the outline of the pumpkin and with a nail or large error score lines carve the pumpkin. Connect the dots and carving.
• Long saw a knife or pumpkin carving knife with teeth is needed to cut through the thick meat. Use a sawing motion and take your time cutting along the lines of external interface so without marker residue.
• Consider cutting the bottom of the pumpkin and the top. The pumpkin is more stable and easier to carve. If you order your jack'o'lantern lit with a candle, make sure that the opening of the base is wide enough to fit the candle. Place the candle in a large enough to accommodate the fire base pumpkin. You can easily remove the jack-o'-lantern to light the candle.
• If you turn on the Jack-o-lantern with a candle, remember to leave the lid to avoid the danger of fire. Use a votive candle in a glass holder or tea lights in metal housing. If you want to start from the top, cut a hole in the back of the invisible pumpkin act as a chimney. Never let a Jack-o'-lantern candles unattended for some time.
• A battery flickering candle is safer than traditional candles for lighting your choice Jack-o'-lantern.
• Spray the bottom of the top of the pumpkin with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and / or leave your Jack-o'-lantern doubles as an air freshener.
• Place the jack-o-lantern in a plastic bag in the refrigerator and when not in use.
• Try to make a Jack-o-lantern by painting designs uncut with royal icing. You can enjoy decorating a Jack-o'-lantern, but use pumpkin Halloween has come and gone.
• Carving Tools pumpkins buy online.
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