The Headless Horseman : How cool is he!On Saturday, I went out to the States and hung out with my sister. We got together to engage in what has become an annual ritual for her: styrofoam pumpkin carving. Every year, she carves a couple of pumpkins for a few friends and every year, she just gets better and better at it. This year, I decided to give it a try and I had a ball!
Horton the Pumpkin and a ghostly specter... WooooooooooThese are the two pumpkins I carved Saturday night. The patterns are from Zombie Pumpkins and are designed by a craft artist named Ryan Wickstrand. He's got some great patterns ranging from very easy, like Horton to difficult, like the Headless Horseman. We had a lot of fun hanging out on Saturday. I can't wait to put my pumpkins in the window and hand out treats to all the tricksters! Is it Halloween yet?
Photo copyright: D.C. Confidential, 09/08
13 comments:
So you use those pumpkins you buy that have the electric light in them? Way cool! When you said you were going to carve pumpkins I thought you two had gone around the bend. Carving a real one would result in a nasty situation by Halloween. You all solved that problem. First place ribbons on these.
How cool! You did a great job with your pumpkins. I never heard of the styrofoam (sp?)ones before. That's neat!
Cool carvings! Never heard of styrofoam pumkins though. I have masacred many a pumpkin in the past trying to carve it. I may have to give this a try.
Only about 39 more sleeps JM.
You did a good job on your carvings. How the heck do you carve styrofoam anyhow? I just picture those little styrofoam crumbs everywhere.
These are really good! How well does it work on real pumpkins?
That is so cool.
Nice work, DC!
VJ: These aren't the ones that have a light in them. They're a hollow, styrofoam pumpkin you carve and then you had a battery-powered light or LED to them. I'm going over on Sunday to carve a few more. When I do, I'll photograph the whole process and then post pictures on my overflow blog.
Lori: Most craft stores (Michaels, for example) have them. It's a fun project on a fall afternoon.
Rob: It's a fun way to carve pumpkins and not have them go all moldy and soft on you!
Wayne: Either with an Exacto knife or with a hot knife (a woodburning tool that's been modified and has an Exacto blade installed in it.) The hot knife just melts right through the styrofoam and voile!
Marley: You can use the same patterns on real pumpkins. In the case of a real pumpkin and some of the patterns, though, you don't necessarily cut out holes, as much as you scrape away the rind until you a thin skin of pumpkin left and that glows when you put a candle in it.
Mo: Isn't it, though?
Petrea: Thanks!
That looks fantastic! Horton especially is very cool!
Love the pumpkins! You have a very talented sister ;) and I'm glad she is sharing her amazing talents with you! Are you showing off any of Neeners?
Jackie: I like Horton, too. He's a little scary, but whimsical all at once, which makes him perfect!
Arlene: I think we'll probably feature some of Janeen's pumpkins in next month's 'Round the Countertop on the family blog. She does a great job on these and it's fun to just hang out with her and watch her work a piece of molded plastic into a delightful decoration!
Wow, you are getting started early! These are really cool shots. Looks like it was a lot of fun.
Maya: That's the beauty of styrofoam pumpkins--you can start early and carve often! Bad for the environment, initially, but good for it long-term as you can store and use these over and over again. (Or, at least, that's what I tell myself sans compost.)
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