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Halloween Craft - Pumpkin Carving - Owl Jack-o’-Lantern
This year I wanted to carve a pumpkin with a motif that is not typical Halloween. On the website > Woman’s Day, there were a lot of pumpkin inspirations. After seeing the example of the owl, I knew that was the one I wanted to try out. The original pattern is from this website > Pumpkin Lady, so you might want to look that way to find even more great patterns.
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Instructions:
To create this Jack o’ Lantern, you first need to cut a star shaped lid at the top of the pumpkin. Once you have the lid removed, first remove the stringy pumpkin meat and the seeds. Then take an ice-cream scoop and start scooping the side walls of the pumpkin until the walls are about 1/2 inch or 2.5 cm thick. Print out the patterntto a size that is appropriate for the size of the pumpkin. Place the pattern over the pumpkin and use a pricking needle and prick holes on the pattern markings to indicate where to cut afterwards. Then cut the markings to form the owl. Once finished, insert a small candle or a tea light at the bottom of the pumpkin and light it up. The candle should not be too high or it may burn the lid. If using a higher candle, keep lid off when burning the candle.
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