When choosing a pumpkin to carve, you should make sure that it is as round as possible. Other shapes are difficult to edit. The carving pumpkin should not be smaller than 30 centimeters in diameter. For the processing you need knives and spoons in different sizes, a bowl, a cloth, a pen and a tea light.
Carving a pumpkin
First, a lid is cut out on the top part where the style is located. The shape can be simply round, but also square or star-shaped. When carving, the knife is moved inwards at an angle so that the lid will hold later. Now the seeds and pulp can be scraped out with a spoon. The side wall remains at least two centimeters thick. The pulp is collected in a bowl and kept cool until used. Now use a pen to draw a face on the pumpkin. Templates and patterns as well as stencils can also be used for the motif. In this case, you place the stencil or template on the pumpkin, fix it with small needles, then transfer the contours with a pen. The pumpkin is then carved. Use a small knife to carefully start cutting out the face. If small parts break off, you can simply reattach them with needles. After cutting out, all cut edges are smoothed with a cloth. Now the pumpkin is dried for a day before it is lit with a tea light. In autumn you can find inspiration for beautiful, funny and spooky pumpkin carving motifs in numerous craft magazines, but also on the Internet.
Pumpkins - shelf life
In order to enjoy your carved Halloween pumpkin for as long as possible, you should keep the following things in mind.
The pumpkin is purchased in good time and dried for at least two weeks before processing. This also makes the peel nice and firm and makes it easier to cut. If the cut surfaces are treated with Vaseline, the pumpkin stays fresh longer. Cold also delays the Halloween Pumpkin's decay. Clear varnish and hairspray also ensure durability. However, the best preservative is and remains the careful and sufficient drying of the pumpkins.
Garden fruit pumpkin – versatile
The garden pumpkin is not only a popular autumn decoration, but also a popular medicinal and vegetable plant. The pulp of edible pumpkins can be boiled, steamed, fried and baked. In this way, you can prepare numerous delicious dishes from the pumpkin fruit and do something for your he alth at the same time. Pumpkin contains all important vitamins and the minerals magnesium, potassium and iron. The fiber-rich pulp supports digestion and also has a diuretic effect. Some pumpkins produce oily seeds, from which the tasty pumpkin seed oil is obtained.
Templates
With three basic shapes (triangle, circle and square) you can conjure up countless variations of pumpkin faces. Here we show a few templates of mouth and eyes that you can put together yourself.
Eyes
If our templates don't quite match your expectations because they are too friendly or too scary, you can simply rotate the template. This creates many more possibilities that can conjure up any desired emotion on the pumpkin's face.
Mouth
Decide for yourself whether your pumpkin laughs or screams. With the matching teeth, the Halloween face is ready.
Tip:
If you would like a nose or eyebrows, you can simply choose one of the shapes and adjust it accordingly.
