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Sunday, October 28, 2007
Well, we've picked out about a dozen pumpkins for Halloween carving and will probably get a few more to carve if we have time. We like to do intricate template pumpkin carving and unfortunately, these take ALOT of time to carve but are so beautiful when they are done. We picked up some new template books this year and might try an online store like SpookMaster that lets you download templates from a huge selection for a very low price.
I think we'll be lining our driveway from the road to the door, on either side, with carved pumpkins this year. That should make for a great entrance to our Halloween party, we'll pick a lot of spooky carvings to do. Then we'll have to have them all over the house as well. People are always amazed by how cool they look. It just takes a lot of work, a few people with patience and some big pumpkins!
Try Halloween Online's pumpkin carving section for new ideas in carving and new items to do it with. We found a battery powered saw for carving this year. While it didn't work well, it's a good idea. We may try using our electric meat carving knife that was given to use for Christmas a few years ago and went into the "closet of little used things". The ideas the same, just a bigger carving knife.
Monday, October 01, 2007
I see that some of our local stores have pumpkins already! We'll be picking up a few and carving some for around the house. Even though they won't make it until Halloween, it will be fun to carve a few new ones every week and light them at night around the house. It will keep us all in the Halloween spirit, like any of us needs that!
Check out Pumpkin Carving 101 for ideas on carving Jack-O-Lanterns. They have some new ideas on products to use for lighting a Jack-O-Lantern besides using candles. I'm traditional, I like using candles because you get that great burnt pumpkin smell but if it's windy outside some other options are available now. Battery powered candles that flicker and look amazingly real are available everywhere that sells Halloween products. You can find them in any size, from tea lights to small taper candles to ones made just for using in Jack-O-Lanterns.
Check out Pumpkin Carving 101 for ideas on carving Jack-O-Lanterns. They have some new ideas on products to use for lighting a Jack-O-Lantern besides using candles. I'm traditional, I like using candles because you get that great burnt pumpkin smell but if it's windy outside some other options are available now. Battery powered candles that flicker and look amazingly real are available everywhere that sells Halloween products. You can find them in any size, from tea lights to small taper candles to ones made just for using in Jack-O-Lanterns.
It may not make you happy if you like traditional candles but they are safer to use in some situations and you don't have to worry about blowing them all out. Just leave them on and the battery candles run for days!
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