Make a Bats-in-the-Belfry Pumpkin

• Pumpkin
• Knife or carving tools
• Black crafts paint
• Paintbrush
• Heavy-gauge wire
• Plastic bats

For a list of tools, tips, and techniques, such as transferring your pattern, please see:

Pumpkin-Carving Basics

Download Bell-and-Steeple pattern

1. Transfer the pattern onto the pumpkin.
2. Using a knife or carving tools, cut out the openings.
3. Use a gouge to cut the shingles, cutting just deep enough to reveal the pumpkin's inner rind.
4. Paint the roof and belfry outlines black.
5. Cut three lengths of heavy-gauge wire. Push one end of each wire into a plastic bat.
6. Push the wired bats into the pumpkin.