A Halloween Pumpkin is a must just like Christmas needs a tree. You can buy a ready carved one but it’s much better to do it yourself – you and the children.
Pumpkins are readily available in all sizes in the supermarkets in the run up to Halloween. If you have time then make this a family activity with your kids by letting them choose it. Once this is brought home, you can decide together what kind of face the pumpkin will have. It can be happy, angry or something funny that your neighbours will find entertaining. Often it just turns out the way it does!
With a pen, outline the face ready to cut the holes for the eyes, nose and mouth once the flesh inside the pumpkin has been removed,
But before you do that, put the pumpkin on a flat, clean surface. Get a long serrated knife and then cut out a circle around the stem of the pumpkin and place this on top of the newspaper. This will be the lid.
With the pumpkin open, it will be easy to scoop out the contents. Since these are edible put them in a container
so you can use this later on to make a salad or a pumpkin pie. There will probably be a few bits left inside so use a large spoon to get the remainder.
Don’t forget to clean the lid of the pumpkin too. You should also put holes here so heat can escape when you this is placed back on top with a candle inside.
Now it is time to cut the marked areas for the face of the pumpkin. For this, you will once again use the serrated knife by cutting around the edges so you can easily push this out with your hand. After you have done this, put a candle inside or a small electric light so people will be able to see your wonderful creation at night.
If you decide to use a candle, monitor it regularly since the wind could blow out the light. If you don’t want to do this, choose a small electric light instead since the light will only go out when you switch it off or unplug this from the socket.
Your experience in carving one Halloween Pumpkin will make it easier to make a few more so you can put one outside and maybe a couple of them indoors. Since an open pumpkin does not last that long, you have to prepare these the night before.
But there are ways to preserve the pumpkin so this will not rot overnight. Your first option will be to place it inside a bathtub of cold water and pouring in some pickling powder which keeps keep the pumpkin from drying out and fresh. You can also preserve this by putting it inside the refrigerator when it is not being displayed.
Halloween happens once a year so a lot of people make the most of it by decorating the house and preparing the decorations. Some people recycle what they used last year while others buy new ones and one of them is the Halloween Pumpkin.
