How to cut a pumpkin for Halloween, which will hit everyone

Lamp of the pumpkin - the most famous Halloween attribute. It is a hollow gourd with carved on it the image of the face and inserted into a candle.

This pumpkin is also called "lamp Jack» (Jack-o'-lantern). The legend says about a drunk Jack who tricked the Devil twice, and after the death, not banned from any paradise or hell, was forced to wander the earth, illuminating a path embers.

Therefore, the pumpkin is usually depict different faces with awesome smile. While some prefer to cut and other patterns, such as ghosts, witches, animals, characters from movies and cartoons, and even complex artistic compositions.

What you'll need

First of all, find beautiful pumpkin without severe damage.

Cutting you will need a strong knife. If the picture is complicated, take a few pieces of different sizes. To clean the insides of the pumpkin can be a big spoon.

To draw a handy pen or pen. And yet you may need to figure template. Here are a few classic and custom options:

To download them, please go to:

• 1st pattern;
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• 2nd pattern;
• Third template;
• 4th pattern;
• 5th template;
• 6th template;
• 7th template;
• 8th template;
• 9th template;
• 10th pattern.

More many different options you can find and download here and here. If you decide to use a template, you will need scissors, tape or thumbtacks and needle.

Prepare also one or more candles and another lighter or matches. Instead of a real candle power can be used if desired.

How to cut a pumpkin for Halloween

Cut off the top of the pumpkin. To avoid mistakes, you can draw on top of the circle, on which you want to cut.

In a circle, cut the pumpkin flesh.

Remove the cut off part.

Remove the tip can be a little bit different. Trim it at an angle, piercing right through the pumpkin and cut through the circle. Remove the top and cut the flesh:

Do not throw out the tip, it is useful to you.

Spoon clean the seeds and all the excess pulp. Pumpkin should be empty inside. If the walls of the future lamp you seem thick, scrape them from the inside even more pulp.

Draw on a pumpkin triangular eyes and nose, elongated mouth into a smile and a few teeth.

If you decide to make a lamp with a template, first print a favorite option. Then there are two ways of using it. First, cut out the details on the template, attach it to the pumpkin with tape or buttons and drag the hole. Here are video instructions:

The second way: Attach the template to the pumpkin and walk around the edges of the needle pieces. Should remain a significant dotted line. After these lines for convenience, you can circle the marker or pen. Accelerated Master Class:

Start the cut-planned lines.

Cut part discard. It is you no longer need.

Likewise other cut-drawn part.

Put into one or a few candles and light.

Top clippings put before the tip. Luminaire ready.

The whole process is shown in this video:

What other options are there

As already mentioned, pumpkin designs fixtures very much. This manual shows how to make a lantern Jack and threatening grimace:

But the original creepy lamp with a small pumpkin in his mouth:

That's funny and not scary faces:

This themed lamps with superheroes:

And a few more steep fotoidey: