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Did you catch the amazing carved pumpkins in this month’s issue of the magazine? Here are some tips for you to try new pumpkin designs and lots of pumpkin fun!

   

What You Need:

• pumpkin
• pattern
• tape
• knife
• ice cream scoop
• pencil, ballpoint pen, nail, or sewing pattern wheel
• small saw with pointed tip
   

What You Do:

1. Cut open the top of a pumpkin and clean out the inside. Scrape the inside surface with an ice cream scoop until smooth.
2. Tape a pattern to the side of the pumpkin. Then use a pointed tool to make dots in the pumpkin's skin along all the pattern lines. Or roll along the lines with your pattern wheel. Remove the pattern and save it so you can look at it while you carve.
3. To cut lines, use your saw. Push the saw down through the skin. Then move it straight up and down along the lines of dots. 
4. Be careful! Always ask a grownup for permission and for help when carving pumpkins or lighting candles.

For more carving ideas, along with pumpkin games, patterns, and puzzles, check out these websites:

www.pumpkincarving101.com
www.thepumpkinfarm.com
www.pumpkinmasters.com

 

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