Cracked and Mummy

1. Download the free stencil in the link below.
2. Carve a face with simple features -- eyes, nose, and mouth.
3. Next, use an X-Acto knife or a V-shaped wood chisel to cut the face with jagged cracks, as many or as few as you wish. The cuts give the face an aged, wrinkled appearance.
4. Insert branches into the top of the pumpkin for "hair." We used curly willow from a craft store, but any type of twig will work. NOTE: Small holes drilled into the head allow for easy insertion of the branches.
5. As a finishing touch, set a plastic spider, bat, or rat atop the pumpkin. Glue with hot glue or hold in place with short pieces of twig inserted into the pumpkin.

PDF pattern for Crack 'em Up

 

1. To make a pumpkin "mummy," locate two areas, one for an eye and one for a mouth; then work the "wrappings" around these two places.
2. To begin the pattern, cut and place sections of masking tape onto the pumpkin, leaving a narrow uncovered strip between the tape sections, until you've covered the pumpkin.
3. Use a pencil to mark along the edges of the tape. Assemble your tools, including X-Acto knives, wood chiseling tools, a thin-bladed sharp kitchen knife, and a spoon.
4. One section at a time, remove the tape and use a V-shape gouge to remove the skin. Use assorted gouges to remove all skin where the tape was, between the gouges. Work one section at a time. NOTE: Leave pumpkin skin visible at all crossings of the wrapped sections.
5. Use flat-bladed chisels to smooth each flat area, or scrape smooth using the edge of a spoon.
6. When all the mummy wrapping are carved, cut out the mouth and the eye openings.
7. Choose an eye for the pumpkin. Use a craft-store eye, or use paint pens to turn a glass marble or landscape bubble into an eye. Insert the eye into an eye-shaped opening.
8. Pin a few garlic cloves inside the mouth opening to act as teeth.

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