Activity 61: Pumpkin Carving - Three Ideas


In this week’s blog you will find several pumpkin carving ideas, ranging from actual carved to semi carved and non carved ones.
Give it a try.
You could add your pumpkin to an autumn themed display - click here to read a blog post about how to put this together.
Full Pumpkin Carving:
You Will Need:
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A pumpkin
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A pumpkin carving set, or sharp knife.
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A spoon
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A design, ideally on ‘plastic paper’ or if on normal paper- remember to fold parts over in order to neatly go round the pumpkin.
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A bowl for the pumpkin pulp (which can be used for the lovely pumpkin soup recipe!)
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A bowl for the seed (which can be dried and used for the birdseed activity on last week’s blog!)
What To Do:
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Cut out the top of the pumpkin first.
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Carve out the seeds and some of the flesh with your scooper.
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Now pin your template onto the pumpkin. My pumpkin was too small - so keep that in mind when buying your pumpkin!
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Start pricking the template into the pumpkin. This will become your carving line.
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Once finished pricking, take the paper template off.
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Now start carving with your carving knife- neatly around the holes.
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Gently push out the carved parts.
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Pop your little tea light into it and admire your work!
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You can make pumpkin soup from the flesh (recipe is in your postal pack).
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You can let the seeds dry out and fry them in a pan with some seasalt and a little oil - a lovely healthy snack.









Semi Pumpkin Carving:
You Will Need:
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A Pumpkin
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A Wood Carving Set
What To Do:
This is a lovely way to be creative.
As you can see all I have done is gently carve out thin and thick lines (thin by using little pressure, thick by using more pressure).
I am going for a spiderweb theme and will super glue a spider onto the top to finish it off!
Non Carved Pumpkin:
You Will Need:
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A Pumpkin - a white one works particularly well for this.
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A tube of henna or paint pens. Or I used blood bling stickers! Any bling stickers will work beautifully.
What To Do:
A gorgeous way to carve a pumpkin without any dirty hand, smells or mess.
Simply add the blingy stickers in which ever way you would like.
I could have made the blood stickers more effective by having them drip down one side. But I opted for the pretty version instead 😊.



If you make one of these, please send us a photo!