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Halloween

Find everything you need to know about Halloween right here

  1. How to Carve a Pumpkin with an Apple Corer

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    This couldn't-be-easier pumpkin-carving method involves a cheap tool and very little time. Sounds like a winning combination for your Halloween display!

  2. How to Paint a Pumpkin

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    Skip the carving -- by painting a Halloween pumpkin you can create spooky designs without the mess. We've got the tips for success!

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    brush. Voila! You have a creepy looking cat to add to your Halloween decorations without the pumpkin carving mess.
  3. How to Carve a Pumpkin

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    Learn how to carve a pumpkin! Our easy tutorial takes you through the clean-out and the carving, with time-tested tips on using pumpkin stencils.

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    best pumpkin carver on your block with our no fail tips for pumpkin carving . First, you'll need to clean out your pumpkin. We cut a circle in the bottom of our pumpkin to give it a flat base and use an ice cream scoop to get rid of all the messy bits. Next, we're gonna transfer our pattern. Tape the pattern to your pumpkin. Make
  4. How to Carve Initials Into a Pumpkin

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    Want a Halloween pumpkin that's a bit more sophisticated? We'll show you the steps to carve an initial into your pumpkin.

  5. How to Carve a Pumpkin with a Cookie Cutter

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    Carve perfect shapes into your pumpkin by using cookie cutters. A little muscle makes it possible -- we show you how.

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    Dust off the cookie cutters . This Halloween, they're from more than baking. Sturdy metal cookie cutters at Halloween designs can cut up perfect designs in your pumpkin. Select your cookie cutters and plan out your pattern. Our pumpkins been clean and it's ready to go. Now start cutting. You'll need to press hard. Pumpkin skin can be tough. Use a mallet to gently tap the cookie cutter through the pumpkin wall. Gentle but firm is the key. You don't wanna cave in the wall. Remove the cutout center. You'll have a perfectly shaped opening in your pumpkin. Repeat the process with as many shapes and sizes cookie cutters as you'd like to create your design. When you're satisfied with the look light up your cookie cutter creation and let it
  6. Creative Halloween Pumpkin Idea

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    Instead of carving a face into your pumpkin, use a few creative methods to turn your gourd into a cute owl. Our crafty ideas are a cinch and require little to no carving.

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    about your pumpkin decorations. Make this so easy Owl Pumpkin out of sunflower seeds as a big eyed beauty that can perch in your displays. To get started, use some apple core to cut small circles for the owl's eyes, a knife works for this technique too. Free hand cut a triangle for his nose. To secure the Owl's appendages, cut small slits of the pumpkin for each ear and each foot. Heat up a hot glue gun and get crafting. Hot glue sunflower seeds in a circle around his eyes. Do as many layers of sunflower seeds as you'd like. The more seeds the bigger his keepers. Next, prep the Owl's ears. Hot glue 6 seeds to the end
  7. How to Clean Out a Pumpkin

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    Get your pumpkin ready to carve with a quick clean-out. We've got the secret to carving (Hint: work from the bottom up).

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    This way, a candle can rest oh so easily inside. A large ice cream scoop works great to get the guts out. You can also use the scoop that comes with the pumpkin carving kit. Dig

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  5. Cookie Cutter
  6. Costume Ideas
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